Renegotiating the UK’s membership of the EU: Mission Possible? / David Cameron: My seven targets for a new EU

In an article published in The Telegraph on the 16 March 2014 United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron clarified what he was seeking to renegotiate in the UK's relationship with the EU.

Steve Peers analyses the article in his EU Law Analysis blog. Other hyperlinks provide analysis and context.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background Information: Hand-waving as renegotiation: The UK’s (and EU’s) limited options http://www.europeansources.info/record/hand-waving-as-renegotiation-the-uks-and-eus-limited-options/

https://www.gov.uk/government/topics/europe https://www.gov.uk/government/topics/europe

ESO: Background Information: Merkel the UK's 'most important partner' on EU reform http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-the-uks-most-important-partner-on-eu-reform/

UK: Conservative Party: Europe http://www.conservatives.com/Policy/Where_we_stand/Europe.aspx

The Telegraph, 16.03.14: David Cameron: the EU is not working and we will change it http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/10700644/David-Cameron-the-EU-is-not-working-and-we-will-change-it.html

ESO: Background information: The UK’s Labour Party faces a conundrum over offering a referendum on the EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-uks-labour-party-faces-a-conundrum-over-offering-a-referendum-on-the-eu/

The Telgraph, 16.03.14: David Cameron: My seven targets for a new EU http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/10700610/David-Cameron-my-seven-targets-for-a-new-EU.html

EUObserver, 17.03.14: Cameron's EU plan to scrap 'ever closer union' and limit migration http://euobserver.com/news/123487

The Guardian, 17.03.14: Ken Clarke: Cameron's EU reform plans could be quite a nightmare http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/17/ken-clarke-cameron-eu-reform-plans-nightmare

Policy Network: Opinion: Cameron’s renegotiation 'targets', 20.03.14 http://www.policy-network.net/pno_detail.aspx?ID=4601

BBC News, 01.04.14: Britain and the EU: A long and rocky relationship http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26515129

BBC News, 09.04.14: EU's Juncker warns over UK hopes of EU renegotiation http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26948162

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