David Cameron: Prime Minister’s speech on immigration, 28 November 2014

United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron outlined plans in a major speech on the 28 November 2014 to change rules for EU migrants going to Britain, most notably limiting their access to social welfare payments. He admitted that these changes would likely require EU treaty revisions.

However, the Prime Minister stopped short of calling for a cap on new arrivals or a suggested 'emergency brake', which had caused concerns in other EU Member States.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel later stated on the 1 December that she was pleased he had upheld the freedom of movement for EU workers in the unveiled plans.

However, BBC News reported that Rafal Trzaskowski, Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland had said on Newsnight on the 1 December 2014 that any plan to discriminate on grounds of nationality would be a 'red line' issue for Poland.

ESO: Background information: Net migration to UK rises to 260,000 in year to June http://www.europeansources.info/record/net-migration-to-uk-rises-to-260000-in-year-to-june/

ESO: Background information: David Cameron promises 'one last go' at EU migration curbs http://www.europeansources.info/record/david-cameron-promises-one-last-go-at-eu-migration-curbs/

BBC News, 28.11.14: David Cameron seeks EU support for new migration curbs http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30224493

ESO: Background information: Clegg backs curbs on EU migrant benefits http://www.europeansources.info/record/clegg-backs-curbs-on-eu-migrant-benefits/

ESO: Background information: UK's Labour party takes up anti-EU migrant stance http://www.europeansources.info/record/uks-labour-party-takes-up-anti-eu-migrant-stance/

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

EurActiv, 28.11.14: Cameron: EU should change freedom of movement rules, or UK will exit http://www.euractiv.com/sections/uk-europe/cameron-eu-should-change-freedom-movement-rules-or-uk-will-exit-310419

EUObserver, 28.11.14: Cameron to unveil latest anti-EU migrant plan http://euobserver.com/justice/126717

BBC News, 28.11.14: Reaction to David Cameron's immigration speech http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30243908

Open Europe, 28.11.14: Cameron's immigration speech strikes right tone between keeping movement free and making it fair http://www.openeurope.org.uk/Article?id=22849

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 28.11.14: Perceptions and reality: Ten things we should know about attitudes to immigration in the UK http://bit.ly/1FxKr6A

Deutsche Welle, 28.11.14: Cameron floats new plans for EU migrants in UK http://dw.de/p/1DwO1

France24, 28.11.14: UK’s Cameron to restrict welfare benefits for immigrants http://www.france24.com/en/20141128-uk-cameron-restrict-benefits-immigrants/

Blog: Open Europe, 28.11.14: Cameron's speech: The response (so far) from around Europe http://openeuropeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/camerons-speech-response-from-europe.html

The Conversation, 28.11.14: EU migrants come for the benefits? The figures tell a different story http://theconversation.com/eu-migrants-come-for-the-benefits-the-figures-tell-a-different-story-34825

Migration Watch UK: Press Release, 28.11.14: Prime Minister's Speech on EU Migration http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/press-release/397

Blog: EU Law Analysis, 28.11.14: The nine labours of Cameron: Analysis of the plans to change EU free movement law http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/the-nine-labours-of-cameron-analysis-of.html

Deutsche Welle, 28.11.14: [Opinion]: Cameron a victim of his own mistakes http://dw.de/p/1Dwpp

Deutsche Welle, 29.11.14: Cameron's migration demands are 'extortion,' says EU's Brok http://dw.de/p/1Dx6b

EurActiv, 28.11.14: Commission unimpressed by Cameron’s immigration rhetoric http://www.euractiv.com/sections/uk-europe/commission-unimpressed-camerons-immigration-rhetoric-310439

EurActiv, 02.12.14: Merkel says Cameron not jeopardising EU's freedom of movement http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-priorities-2020/merkel-says-cameron-not-jeopardising-eus-freedom-movement-310490

FT, 01.12.14: Gideon Rachman on the migration debate in the US and EU (via Euro|Topics) http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/aehnliche/archiv_article/ARTICLE154564-Gideon-Rachman-on-the-migration-debate-in-the-US-and-EU

BBC News, 02.12.14: Poland warning over David Cameron EU migrant benefits plan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30291451

Blog: Open Europe, 02.12.14: Did David Cameron really say EU migrants will need a job offer before coming to UK? http://www.openeuropeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/did-david-cameron-really-say-eu.html

Blog: Open Europe, 03.12.14: Six arguments Cameron can make to help reconcile Warsaw to his proposals for reforming EU free movement http://www.openeuropeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/six-arguments-cameron-can-make-to-help.html

FactCheckEU: Tag: David Cameron https://factcheckeu.org/tag/david-cameron

Federal Trust: Articles and Commentaries: Blair and Cameron: Two Peas in a European Pod, 14 Nov 2014 http://www.fedtrust.co.uk/secondary_content.php?cat_id=3&sub_id=90&content_id=154

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