Speech: Prime Minister’s speech on Europe

The United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron delivered an important speech on Europe at Chatham House on the 10 November 2015, setting out the case for EU reform.

Later on the same day the Prime Minister delivered a letter to European Council President Donald Tusk outlining the key demands the UK wanted from EU reform.

The five key points were calls for:

+ A 'formal, legally-binding and irreversible' end to Britain’s obligation to work towards an ‘ever closer union’ as set out in the Treaty

+ Legally binding safeguards to protect the integrity of the single market from Eurozone integration

+ A more ambitious push on economic competitiveness consisting of further deepening the single market, cutting red tape and concluding FTAs with other global economies

+ An enhanced role for national parliaments including a collective veto right over new legislation

+ Four year restriction on new EU migrants’ access to UK benefits and a more general crackdown on abuse of free movement.

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

ESO: Background information: UK to set out EU reform demands in November letter to EU president http://www.europeansources.info/record/uk-to-set-out-eu-reform-demands-in-november-letter-to-eu-president/

Politico, 10.11.15: David Cameron demands EU fixes — or Britain bolts http://www.politico.eu/article/david-cameron-speech-eu-reforms-britain/

EurActiv, 10.11.15: Cameron sketches out EU reform demands, stays quiet on timing http://www.euractiv.com/sections/uk-europe/cameron-sketches-out-eu-reform-demands-stays-quiet-timing-319341

EUObserver, 10.11.15: Cameron calls for EU immigration curbs https://euobserver.com/political/131044

UK: Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence, 10.11.15: EU reform: PM's letter to President of the European Council Donald Tusk https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-reform-pms-letter-to-president-of-the-european-council-donald-tusk

Blog: Open Europe, 10.11.15: Open Europe responds to David Cameron’s letter and speech on EU reform http://openeurope.org.uk/blog/open-europe-responds-to-david-camerons-letter-and-speech-on-eu-reform/

Deutsche Welle, 10.11.15: [Commentary]: Cameron’s call to arms on European reform http://dw.com/p/1H3Gz

Deutsche Welle, 10.11.15: British PM Cameron lays out terms, warns Britain could still leave EU http://dw.com/p/1H2oz

France24, 10.11.15: Cameron walks tightrope on Britain’s EU future http://www.france24.com/en/20151110-pm-david-cameron-walks-tightrope-uk-eu-future-britain-referendum

The Guardian, 10.11.15: [Analysis]: David Cameron's EU demands letter explained http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/10/david-camerons-eu-demands-letter-explained

The Guardian, 10.11.15: Cameron's renegotiation demands meet with qualified support in EU http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/10/camerons-renegotiation-demands-met-with-qualified-support-in-eu

BBC News, 10.11.15: David Cameron sets out EU reform goals http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34770875

Leave.eu: Press Release, 10.11.15: David Cameron's 'reforms' are not good enough http://leave.eu/en/news/2015-11-10/david-camerons-reforms-are-not-good-enough

Leave.eu: Press Release, 10.11.15: Cameron puts trust in 'Political imagination' in absence of 'Political will' http://leave.eu/en/news/2015-11-10/cameron-puts-trust-in-political-imagination-in-absence-of-political-will

Blog: EU Law Analysis, 10.11.15: Cameron's Chatham House speech: Full speed ahead for the renegotiation of the UK’s EU membership? http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/camerons-chatham-house-speech-full.html

UK: Parliament: Business: News, 10.11.15: Statement on Europe: Renegotiation: 10 November 2015 http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2015/november/statement-on-europe-renegotiation-10-november-2015/

Chatham House: Event, 10.11.15: The Future of Britain's Relationship with the European Union - See more at: https://www.chathamhouse.org/event/future-britains-relationship-european-union? https://www.chathamhouse.org/event/future-britains-relationship-european-union

Politico, 10.11.15: EU capitals extend Cameron wary olive branch http://www.politico.eu/article/eu-capitals-extend-cameron-wary-olive-branch/

Politico, 10.11.15: Brussels balks at Cameron’s ‘discrimination’ http://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-balks-at-camerons-reforms-brexit-discrimination/

Euro|Topics: Main Focus, 11.11.15: Cameron presents demands to EU http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/archiv_dossier/DOSSIER173060-Cameron-presents-demands-to-EU

Blog: Open Europe, 10.11.15: Europe responds to Cameron’s EU reform proposals http://openeurope.org.uk/blog/europe-responds-to-camerons-eu-reform-proposals/

Blog: UK in a Changing Europe, 11.11.15: Cameron’s real test is in Westminster not Brussels http://ukandeu.ac.uk/camerons-real-test-is-in-westminster-not-brussels/

The Conversation, 11.11.15: What’s on David Cameron’s EU wish list? http://theconversation.com/whats-on-david-camerons-eu-wish-list-50485

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 12.11.15: Cameron Throws Down the Gauntlet to (a Weak) Europe http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/?fa=61953

EurActiv, 13.11.15: Tusk calls Cameron’s demands ‘very, very tough’ http://www.euractiv.com/sections/uk-europe/tusk-calls-camerons-demands-very-very-tough-319437

Euro|Topics: Who's saying what?: Is Cameron blackmailing the EU? http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/debatten/links-2015-11-cameron-eu/

EurActiv, 20.11.15: Schulz on collision course with Cameron over national parliaments' role http://www.euractiv.com/sections/uk-europe/schulz-collision-course-cameron-over-national-parliaments-role-319674

EurActiv, 23.11.15: Britain’s EU reform talks stumble on social benefits http://www.euractiv.com/sections/uk-europe/britains-eu-reform-talks-stumble-social-benefits-319719

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