Riga (Latvia) – British Prime Minister, David Cameron, on Friday disclosed his plan to meet the leaders of Germany, France and the European Commission, in a bid to gather support for his efforts to renegotiate the terms of Britain’s EU membership.
Cameron said at the EU summit in Riga (Latvia) that he would renegotiate the terms of Britain’s membership before holding an in-out referendum by the end of 2017.
“There will be ups and downs, you’ll hear one day this is possible, the next day something else is impossible.
“But one thing throughout all of this will be constant and that is my determination to deliver for the British people a reform of the EU, so they get a proper choice in that referendum that we’ll hold,” he said.
Cameron said that changes to welfare, to cut EU migration, would be an absolute requirement in the renegotiation.
“But other leaders are wary of any changes to freedom of movement, one of the most cherished rights in the 28-country EU.
He said he would first meet with EU President Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday at Chequers, because he was expected to play a key role in the British renegotiation effort.
Cameron said by Thursday he would be in Paris, for a meeting with President Francois Hollande, followed by talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Friday.
A report from government office stated that, the British prime minister would make a “whirlwind tour” of European capitals after the Queen’s Speech to parliament, detailing his government’s work programme, on Wednesday.
Cameron has promised to renegotiate the terms of Britain’s membership before holding an in-out referendum by the end of 2017. (dpa/NAN)
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