The Belgian view on the UK’s renegotiation is that European challenges can only be tackled through deepening European integration

The outcome of David Cameron’s planned renegotiation of the UK’s EU membership will depend on how the other 27 EU member states react to his propositions. This short article is part of a series of overviews of the renegotiation from each of the EU’s member states published on the LSE blog. It looks at the general stakes of this negotiation for Belgium and attempts to see how a traditionally very federalist country is willing to respond to the demands made by the UK. This comment also highlights some of the “red lines” put forward by Belgium in this process and the internal divisions within the Belgian government on that issue

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ESO: Background information: European views on the UK’s renegotiation: EU Member States ... http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-views-on-the-uks-renegotiation-italy-poland-bulgaria-and-malta-european-views-on-the-uks-renegotiation-france-the-netherlands-slovenia-and-latvia-european-views-on/

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