"One by one, the alternatives to Britain’s EU membership are falling apart. Pro-Europe group Britain Stronger in Europe said, however, that the lack of alternatives showed Britain was better off in the bloc. "The government is clearly worried because their EU negotiations do not seem to be going very well."Įurosceptics were quick to highlight a European Parliament vote on Wednesday to increase EU spending plans, partly to deal with the migration crisis, as evidence of waste in Brussels. "It is disappointing that David Cameron is resorting to talking down Britain's chances of getting a good deal outside the EU," said Nigel Lawson, former finance minister under Margaret Thatcher and president of the "out" group Conservatives for Britain. Trade Secretary Michael Froman, who told Reuters in an interview that the United States would not be keen on pursuing a separate free trade deal with Britain if it left the European Union.Ĭampaigners for leaving the EU criticised Cameron's change of tack. The pro-EU camp received indirect support on Wednesday from U.S. However, he says he rules nothing out if he can't get change on matters such as limiting EU migrants' access to welfare payments.Ĭameron was later due to travel to a Northern Future Forum in Iceland, attended by the leaders of Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, at which he will discuss his EU reform plans. Cameron is seeking to renegotiate the terms of Britain's EU membership and says he wants to stay in a reformed EU.
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