Cameron takes EU reform roadshow to Paris, Berlin and Madrid

Preview and reports of a series of visits to Spain, France and Germany by United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron in April 2013 in a bid to sell his idea of reforming the EU to other leaders.

Mr Cameron said 'I think this should be a discussion across Europe about how we make the European Union more flexible, and how we make clear that powers can flow back to nation states as well as flow forward to the European Union.'

(In the event the visits were curtailed on the 8 April 2013 after the announcement of the death of former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher)

• Primary Source

BBC News, 08.04.13: EU reform: David Cameron to meet European leaders http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22061662

ESO: Background information: France and Germany snub Cameron on EU law review http://www.europeansources.info/record/france-and-germany-snub-cameron-on-eu-law-review/

Gazeta Wyborcza, The Daily Telegraph, Le Monde & 3 others, 08.04.13: David Cameron tries to sell his EU views (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/3645391-david-cameron-tries-sell-his-eu-views

Blog: Jon Worth, 08.04.13: So Cameron starts a charm offensive across the EU http://www.jonworth.eu/so-cameron-starts-a-charm-offensive-across-the-eu/

EUObserver, 12.04.13: Cameron meets Merkel to discuss EU powers http://euobserver.com/political/119774

BBC News, 12.04.13: Cameron and Merkel set for EU talks http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22119096

Blog: Euromove, 11.04.13: You pay your money and you take your choice http://euromove.blogactiv.eu/2013/04/11/you-pay-your-money-and-you-take-your-choice/

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