Tories push for new European Union deal

Article reported that Conservative eurosceptic Members of Parliament (MPs) were to press United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron in December 2011 to start renegotiating London’s relationship with the EU on the back of a warning that Britain risks being permanently outvoted on financial services laws by the eurozone countries unless the government took action now.

Open Europe, the influential eurosceptic think-tank, published a report on the 5 December 2011 called 'Continental Shift - Safeguarding the UK’s financial trade in a changing Europe', which said that rthe UK should use any treaty change in the EU to seek a UK 'emergency brake' on European Union regulation.

EUObserver, 7.12.11: Cameron needs to bring home the bacon http://euobserver.com/7/114530

Blog: Conservative Home, 7.12.11: Teatime newslinks for Wednesday 7th December 2011 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/5pm/2011/12/teatime-newslinks-for-wednesday-7th-december-2011.html

Open Europe: Report: Continental Shift - Safeguarding the UK’s financial trade in a changing Europe, December 2011 http://www.openeurope.org.uk/research/continentalshift.pdf

ESO: Background information: Cameron reviews links with European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/cameron-reviews-links-with-european-union/

BBC News, 6.12.11: Eurozone crisis: PM 'may refuse to sign EU treaty' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16048131

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