Cameron and Hollande Signal Tough Stances Ahead of Brussels Summit on U.K. Relationship With EU, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he was aggressive for British demands for a adapted accord with the European Union, as French President Francois Hollande signaled he was able to action over any accord he believed put the bloc’s approaching at risk.
Mr. Cameron has promised to let Britons adjudge whether to break in a adapted EU in a referendum, which could arise in June if leaders adeptness an acceding this week.
Leaders affair at a high-stakes acme bidding optimism on a deal, but fabricated bright it wouldn’t be easy. Mr. Cameron wants Britain to achieve some adeptness from Brussels, but others anguish that would advance to alleviation ties about the bloc.
On his way into the meeting, Mr. Cameron said he expects “hard negotiations” over his government’s demands to bind account payments to EU nationals in the U.K. and win greater safeguards for the boyhood of EU countries who abide alfresco the eurozone.
“If we can get a acceptable deal, I’ll yield that deal, but I will not yield a accord that doesn’t accommodated what we need,” Mr. Cameron said on his way into the summit.
Mr. Hollande said he wants the U.K. to break in the EU but warned that attention the broader European activity was acute for him.
“It’s the EU that is at stake, not just one country in Europe,” Mr. Hollande said on his arrival. “I wish the U.K. to abide in the EU, but aloft all I wish Europe to be able to progress, to be stronger and for nobody…to be able to stop it,” he said.
U.K. and European admiral acquire said in contempo hours some of the final pieces of a accord arise to be falling into abode but that there was connected altercation on several important points.
Among the changing issues: how continued the U.K. could administer a alleged emergency anchor acceptance them to bind tax credits for EU nationals alive in the country; how to architecture a new arrangement for adolescent allowances acceptance the U.K. —and others—to abbreviate down payments to accouchement of EU nationals active in beneath affluent EU countries; and whether to acquire U.K. demands for autograph some key concessions into the EU’s basal laws if its treaties are next revised.
Ahead of the summit, French admiral acquire insisted that safeguards for the non-eurozone countries could not duke the U.K. a veto over proposals for added eurozone affiliation and would not acquiesce U.K. regulators to relax rules on British banks and banking firms.
However, EU diplomats and admiral acquire predicted that while both Mr. Cameron and Mr. Hollande had calm affidavit to play up their differences, abounding of the toughest issues were resolved.
“I anticipate everybody will acquire his own ball and again we will agree,” Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite told reporters on Thursday afternoon.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he was “quite confident” and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose country has been anxious about the U.K.’s allowances restrictions demand, told reporters he acquainted “rather optimistic.”
“There are still some issues to solve, but my access is we wish to do aggregate so the U.K. can break in the EU,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on her way into the meeting.
Discussions amid Mr. Cameron and his adolescent leaders alpha Thursday backward afternoon and could calmly run backward into the night, admiral acquire said. Discussions will abide Friday morning in a advance to adeptness a final deal.
An EU agent said Wednesday that if there is no accord this week, the U.K. acclamation would not appear for some time.
“If there were traveling to be a pre-summer referendum, there would acquire to be a accord this week,” the agent said. He said there is no appetence a part of leaders to authority accession emergency acme at a time if the affiliation is already disturbing with a massive clearing crisis.
Polls appearance British voters abide disconnected on membership. Mr. Cameron has faced a bouldered ride at home back the EU on Feb. 2 appear proposals acclamation his demands.
Critics, including from his own Conservative party, acquire argued that the proposed EU fixes are neither abundantly ample nor absolute abundant to represent a above change in U.K. ties with the bloc.
“It’s important to bethink what it is we’re aggravating to do actuality which is to fundamentally ameliorate the U.K.’s accord with the EU from aural in a way that no country has ahead approved to do,” a U.K. official said.
Since his acclamation win endure May, Mr. Cameron has visited 20 EU affiliate states for talks; he has had contiguous affairs with anniversary EU baton at atomic twice; he has accustomed 10 EU leaders to U.K. for mutual affairs and he has met with Mr. Juncker, Mr. Schulz and Mr. Tusk about 30 times, U.K. admiral said.
In accession to alms the emergency brake, greater safeguards for the non-eurozone countries and bargain adolescent account payments in assertive cases, the EU has fabricated added proposals advised to accommodated Mr. Cameron’s demands.
Brussels has offered description of the alarm for an “ever afterpiece union” to accomplish bright it doesn’t accomplish the U.K. to political integration; it is alms to strengthen the adeptness of civic parliaments to block EU proposals and pledges to absolute red tape. However that has annoyed some of the EU’s founding members.
“Let there be no doubt: the best best for the U.K. and Europe is to be together. But not at any price,” Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said on Thursday.
Mr. Cameron has promised to let Britons adjudge whether to break in a adapted EU in a referendum, which could arise in June if leaders adeptness an acceding this week.
Leaders affair at a high-stakes acme bidding optimism on a deal, but fabricated bright it wouldn’t be easy. Mr. Cameron wants Britain to achieve some adeptness from Brussels, but others anguish that would advance to alleviation ties about the bloc.
On his way into the meeting, Mr. Cameron said he expects “hard negotiations” over his government’s demands to bind account payments to EU nationals in the U.K. and win greater safeguards for the boyhood of EU countries who abide alfresco the eurozone.
“If we can get a acceptable deal, I’ll yield that deal, but I will not yield a accord that doesn’t accommodated what we need,” Mr. Cameron said on his way into the summit.
Mr. Hollande said he wants the U.K. to break in the EU but warned that attention the broader European activity was acute for him.
“It’s the EU that is at stake, not just one country in Europe,” Mr. Hollande said on his arrival. “I wish the U.K. to abide in the EU, but aloft all I wish Europe to be able to progress, to be stronger and for nobody…to be able to stop it,” he said.
U.K. and European admiral acquire said in contempo hours some of the final pieces of a accord arise to be falling into abode but that there was connected altercation on several important points.
Among the changing issues: how continued the U.K. could administer a alleged emergency anchor acceptance them to bind tax credits for EU nationals alive in the country; how to architecture a new arrangement for adolescent allowances acceptance the U.K. —and others—to abbreviate down payments to accouchement of EU nationals active in beneath affluent EU countries; and whether to acquire U.K. demands for autograph some key concessions into the EU’s basal laws if its treaties are next revised.
Ahead of the summit, French admiral acquire insisted that safeguards for the non-eurozone countries could not duke the U.K. a veto over proposals for added eurozone affiliation and would not acquiesce U.K. regulators to relax rules on British banks and banking firms.
However, EU diplomats and admiral acquire predicted that while both Mr. Cameron and Mr. Hollande had calm affidavit to play up their differences, abounding of the toughest issues were resolved.
“I anticipate everybody will acquire his own ball and again we will agree,” Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite told reporters on Thursday afternoon.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he was “quite confident” and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose country has been anxious about the U.K.’s allowances restrictions demand, told reporters he acquainted “rather optimistic.”
“There are still some issues to solve, but my access is we wish to do aggregate so the U.K. can break in the EU,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on her way into the meeting.
Discussions amid Mr. Cameron and his adolescent leaders alpha Thursday backward afternoon and could calmly run backward into the night, admiral acquire said. Discussions will abide Friday morning in a advance to adeptness a final deal.
An EU agent said Wednesday that if there is no accord this week, the U.K. acclamation would not appear for some time.
“If there were traveling to be a pre-summer referendum, there would acquire to be a accord this week,” the agent said. He said there is no appetence a part of leaders to authority accession emergency acme at a time if the affiliation is already disturbing with a massive clearing crisis.
Polls appearance British voters abide disconnected on membership. Mr. Cameron has faced a bouldered ride at home back the EU on Feb. 2 appear proposals acclamation his demands.
Critics, including from his own Conservative party, acquire argued that the proposed EU fixes are neither abundantly ample nor absolute abundant to represent a above change in U.K. ties with the bloc.
“It’s important to bethink what it is we’re aggravating to do actuality which is to fundamentally ameliorate the U.K.’s accord with the EU from aural in a way that no country has ahead approved to do,” a U.K. official said.
Since his acclamation win endure May, Mr. Cameron has visited 20 EU affiliate states for talks; he has had contiguous affairs with anniversary EU baton at atomic twice; he has accustomed 10 EU leaders to U.K. for mutual affairs and he has met with Mr. Juncker, Mr. Schulz and Mr. Tusk about 30 times, U.K. admiral said.
In accession to alms the emergency brake, greater safeguards for the non-eurozone countries and bargain adolescent account payments in assertive cases, the EU has fabricated added proposals advised to accommodated Mr. Cameron’s demands.
Brussels has offered description of the alarm for an “ever afterpiece union” to accomplish bright it doesn’t accomplish the U.K. to political integration; it is alms to strengthen the adeptness of civic parliaments to block EU proposals and pledges to absolute red tape. However that has annoyed some of the EU’s founding members.
“Let there be no doubt: the best best for the U.K. and Europe is to be together. But not at any price,” Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said on Thursday.
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