Open Europe: Cameron expected to raise renegotiation at next month’s EU summit with f

Politics.be · 16 mei 2015, 21:10

The Daily Mail reports that David Cameron’s official spokesman said proposals to ban EU migrants from claiming any benefits, including tax credits, for four years were now “set in stone” – as are plans to allow the deportation of jobless migrants after six months and moves to ban them from sending child benefit home to children living abroad. Other ‘red line’ issues for EU negotiations include removing Britain from the EU’s founding principle of an ‘ever-closer union’. Cameron is expected to outline some of his proposals at next month’s EU summit. The Downing Street spokesman added: “He wants treaty change. All the advice that he has had is that treaty change is required, for example in terms of some of the changes that we want to see in welfare.”

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said after a meeting of EU finance ministers yesterday that, “The opinion of the German government has always been that we need treaty changes, whenever, the sooner the better. But the realistic assessment of the German government is that it is not at all certain that this can be achieved quickly.” On the Open Europe blog, Mats Persson notes that there are benefits to holding an early referendum but, the downside is that it limits the “time for real EU reform.”

The Daily Mail cites Open Europe’s research which illustrated the potential incentive for EU workers to migrate to the UK due to the extra income that can be available under the UK’s tax credits system. For example, a migrant worker with two children earning the minimum wage can see their basic income of less than £200 a week boosted by £330 in tax credits and other benefits, for a total of £527 a week. Separately, Tom Leijte, the leader of the youth wing of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s VVD party, writes in NRC Handelsblad that “the British are right and deserve support in the EU. The Netherlands needs to use the British threat to leave the EU to return powers back from Brussels.”

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Politics.be Redactie Geregistreerd: 27 november 2004 Berichten: 28.704	Open Europe: Cameron expected to raise renegotiation at next month’s EU summit with f The Daily Mail reports that David Cameron’s official spokesman said proposals to ban EU migrants from claiming any benefits, including tax credits, for four years were now “set in stone” – as are plans to allow the deportation of jobless migrants after six months and moves to ban them from sending child benefit home to children living abroad. Other ‘red line’ issues for EU negotiations include removing Britain from the EU’s founding principle of an ‘ever-closer union’. Cameron is expected to outline some of his proposals at next month’s EU summit. The Downing Street spokesman added: “He wants treaty change. All the advice that he has had is that treaty change is required, for example in terms of some of the changes that we want to see in welfare.” German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said after a meeting of EU finance ministers yesterday that, “The opinion of the German government has always been that we need treaty changes, whenever, the sooner the better. But the realistic assessment of the German government is that it is not at all certain that this can be achieved quickly.” On the Open Europe blog, Mats Persson notes that there are benefits to holding an early referendum but, the downside is that it limits the “time for real EU reform.” The Daily Mail cites Open Europe’s research which illustrated the potential incentive for EU workers to migrate to the UK due to the extra income that can be available under the UK’s tax credits system. For example, a migrant worker with two children earning the minimum wage can see their basic income of less than £200 a week boosted by £330 in tax credits and other benefits, for a total of £527 a week. Separately, Tom Leijte, the leader of the youth wing of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s VVD party, writes in NRC Handelsblad that “the British are right and deserve support in the EU. The Netherlands needs to use the British threat to leave the EU to return powers back from Brussels.” Bron: politics.be __________________ Politics.be - Jouw politieke portaalsite