But that does not mean relaxing the standards, especially on human rights, which would make pushing membership talks forward more vigorously very problematic.
Mr Farage has previously suggested he would support a minority Conservative government on a "supply and confidence" basis in return for the Tories' promised referendum on EU membership being brought forward from 2017 to 2015.
The figures strengthen the hand of the RCGP chair, Clare Gerada, who wanted to assess the views of the college membership before pushing forward with her own line, which has been consistently critical of the bill.
Before the announcement, the US had called for a decision on a new leadership and an expanded membership to "move forward in planning the Geneva conference".
The Labour powerbroker made his comments in an article attacking the Conservative leader, David Cameron, for urging Georgia's membership to be brought forward.
But after its secession the contrast became even starker: although Serbia still suffers from the legacy of the wars and isolation of the 1990s, the quality of its democracy is better, its economy stronger, and now – after the arrest on Thursday of Ratko Mladić, its hopes of EU membership took a leap forward.
Mr Longworth said the in-out referendum should "take place as soon as is practical" and Labour party leadership contender Andy Burnham has also called for the promised referendum on Britain's membership to be brought forward.
More than 100 Tory MPs have written to their colleague Adam Afriyie urging him to drop his call for a referendum on the UK's European Union membership to be brought forward to next year.
From this point forward, ANAK membership was made public only upon a student's graduation, via a list of graduating ANAK members published in the Blueprint and the Technique each year and the ANAK Society's home page.
Because my own parish, with its engaged pastor, deacon and staff members, vibrant liturgy and forward-leaning membership, is a comfortable home that embraces each one of us in times of joy and sorrow and provides an atmosphere for real spiritual growth.
