A ‘United States of Europe’? (Picture: Getty Images)

David Cameron’s claims that Britain will not become part of a ‘United States of Europe’ has been undercut following the revelation that a document in which leading EU politicians call for the creation of a ‘federal union of states’ exists.

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The document, which was signed last September in Rome by the speakers of the national parliaments of Germany, France, Italy and Luxembourg, says that ‘concrete proposals’ to deepen EU integration will be drawn up at a meeting next month, The Times reports.

The declaration states that deeper integration ‘should not be limited to the field of economic and fiscal matters.’



‘We are convinced that new impetus must be given to European integration,’ it reads.


Chris Grayling was sent the document (Picture: Getty Images)

‘We believe that more, not less, Europe is needed to respond to the challenges we face. It should include all matters pertaining to the European ideal — social and cultural affairs as well as foreign, security and defence policy.’

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Chris Grayling, leader of the Commons, was sent the document.

He told The Times that the declaration represented ‘serious plans for a political union.’

Though Britain and Denmark would remain permanently outside, Grayling said ‘this new entity will still make our laws for us…. we will have very little say in what happens.’

A spokeswoman for the European Commission said: ‘I am not aware of any such initiative. This is not something related to the commission.’

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