O'Hare the setting for crucial decision on EU vote, paper says
O'Hare International Airport was the setting for one of the fateful decisions that led to the British people's vote to leave the European Union and to the downfall of Prime Minister David Cameron, according to the Financial Times.
In an article Friday, the newspaper said Cameron decided to go ahead with an EU referendum during a meeting with his chief of staff Ed Llewellyn and then-Foreign Affairs Minister William Hague at "a pizza restaurant at Chicago O'Hare airport."
In a speech on Jan. 23, 2013, Cameron announced the referendum on EU membership.
The Financial Times did not give a source of the information or say when the meeting occurred.
Cameron's visits to Chicago include the NATO summit in May 2012, where he was criticized by the London-based Daily Mail for "sneaking off" for two hours. Hague also attended the summit.
In a referendum Thursday, the British people voted to leave the E.U. Cameron, as a result, announced he will step down by October.