| Author (Corporate) | United Kingdom: House of Commons: Library |
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| Series Title | Briefing Paper |
| Series Details | No.7311, 09.11.15 |
| Publication Date | 09/11/2015 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
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What's happened to the EU reform proposals that the UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced and on which the in-out referendum by 2017 will be based? 'Technical talks' are taking place in secret between EU and UK officials, and very little information is available to shed light on progress. This note looks at launch of the UK reform agenda at the European Council in June 2015, bilateral talks with other EU leaders, EU institutional initiatives which might be relevant to the Government's reforms and other developments. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said in the European Parliament on the 14 October 2015 that UK and and EU negotiators were not making 'huge progress' in their pre-referendum talks. EU leaders would hear a preliminary assessment of the UK's EU membership negotiations at the European Council in Brussels on the 15-16 October 2015, but the real political discussions would probably take place in the spring of 2016, as the United Kingdom had still not articulated specific demands in the negotiations. [Briefing papers are periodically updated, so the hyperlink may take you to an updated edition]. |
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| Source Link | http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7311/CBP-7311.pdf |
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| Countries / Regions | Europe, United Kingdom |
