December Deal for British EU Reform Difficult – Chief EU Negotiator

 

Reuters, 25/11 15:17 CET

By Conor Humphries and Padraic Halpin

DUBLIN (Reuters) – It will be difficult but not impossible for officials renegotiating Britain’s EU membership to have a framework ready for substantial discussion at next month’s European Union summit, the EU’s chief negotiator said on Wednesday.

Prime Minister David Cameron is trying to win concessions from other leaders ahead of a referendum on British membership promised by the end of 2017 amid opinion polls that show British perceptions of the EU are changeable.

There had been some hope that at least the bulk of a deal might be ready for the European Council to endorse at its next meeting on Dec. 17-18 but officials and diplomats fear there may not even be a narrowing of differences by then. 

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Source: Euronews