Cameron’s EU reforms: will Europe buy them?

On 10 November 2015, David Cameron sent a letter to European Council president Donald Tusk, finally setting out his demands for renegotiation of the terms of British membership in the EU. But Tusk believes that an agreement cannot be reached at the European Council of 17-18 December 2015. In his own letter to EU leaders on 7 December 2015, Tusk said that Cameron’s proposals were 'difficult' but suggested that it would be possible 'to prepare a concrete proposal to be finally adopted in February'.

The CER has conducted interviews with government representatives and analysts from all the EU member-states and mapped their responses to Cameron’s reform proposals

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: EU reform heat-map: Where do EU countries stand on the UK’s EU reform demands? http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-reform-heat-map-where-do-eu-countries-stand-on-the-uks-eu-reform-demands/

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: EU reform negotiations: what's going on? http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-reform-negotiations-whats-going-on/

ESO: Background information: Speech: Prime Minister's speech on Europe http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-prime-ministers-speech-on-europe/

Blog: UK in a Changing EU, 17.12.15: Humble pie for Cameron’s dinner in Brussels http://ukandeu.ac.uk/humble-pie-for-camerons-dinner-in-brussels/

ESO: Background information: Is a Danish-style compromise an option for the UK and EU on migrants’ access to welfare? http://www.europeansources.info/record/is-a-danish-style-compromise-an-option-for-the-uk-and-eu-on-migrants-access-to-welfare/

ESO: Background information: Meeting: European Council, 17-18 December 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/meeting-european-council-17-18-december-2015/

Blog: Open Europe, 17.12.15: Heading into crucial EU Summit where do we stand on UK’s EU reform demands? http://openeurope.org.uk/blog/heading-into-crucial-eu-summit-where-do-we-stand-on-uks-eu-reform-demands/

BBC News, 17.12.15: EU warning for David Cameron ahead of reform talks http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-35118036

The Guardian, 17.12.15: Analysis: Cameron in need of plan B as EU leaders stand firm against benefits freeze http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/17/cameron-needs-plan-b-eu-leaders-benefits-freeze

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 27.01.16: A double bind: Cameron urges non-discrimination in one policy area, while wanting to discriminate in another http://bit.ly/1RNe1h9

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