EU: David Cameron sets out his demands for keeping the UK in the EU

On Tuesday 10 November 2015, UK Prime Minister David Cameron officially laid out his demands for maintaining the UK’s presence in the EU. The Prime Minister said he was looking for the EU to hold firm to its primary goal of safeguarding a smoothly operating single market and for this, improving competitiveness should be what is driving European policy, and to that end EU legislation should not be creating additional business charges; an indirect allusion to the EU Commission’s social directives, which although do not feature center stage in UK debate over Europe nevertheless do attract significant attention. 
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“The renegotiation is not mission impossible. I am confidant that, with patience and goodwill, a deal can be done,” insisted the Prime Minister as he laid out his four demands up for negotiation with his European partners. This ‘shopping list’ will be formally delivered on 10 November 2015 to the European Council President, Donald Tusk with a view to being discussed during the European summit meeting in December 2015.

Firstly on competitiveness, David Cameron would like the concept to be part of

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