EU-UK relations Archives

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said on Thursday (12 November) that negotiations with Britain on changes to its relationship with the European Union must preserve the "extraordinary achievements" of the euro and the EU's single market.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said he hoped to make good progress with reforms of the European Union when leaders from the bloc meet next month, but he gave no fresh sign of when he plans to hold Britain's EU membership referendum.

The British Prime Minister David Cameron will table his four key demands for the UK’s continued membership of the EU on Tuesday (10 November), in make-or-break negotiations which will see the country vote on whether to stay or leave the bloc by the end of 2017.

British Prime Minister David Cameron was heckled by Eurosceptic protestors Monday (9 November) as he denied he was planning to campaign for Britain to stay in the EU regardless of the outcome of his bid for renegotiations.

Britain's Minister of State for Europe on Thursday (5 November) blamed a recent rise in public support for his country's possible exit from the EU on media coverage of the bloc's unprecedented refugee crisis.

British Chancellor George Osborne took the UK’s argument for a renegotiated relationship between his country and the EU to the capital of the continent’s strongest economy on Tuesday – promising to back a stronger eurozone if London’s conditions were met.

Britain cannot give up any more sovereignty to the European Union and must have legal safeguards to make sure members of the euro zone monetary bloc do not damage British interests, Chancellor of the Excheque George Osborne will say during a visit to Germany today (3 November).

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday (28 October) launched his most open defence to date of Britain remaining in the European Union, telling Eurosceptics that EU-outsider Norway was no model to emulate.

Trust across the regions of the UK in the EU is now lower than in any other member state bar the Czech Republic, detailed analysis of new figures has revealed.

Britain will not hold a second "In-Out" vote on its membership of the European Union if the public opt to leave the bloc at a referendum due by the end of 2017, a senior aide to Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday (25 October).

China hopes to see a united European Union in which Britain plays a prominent role in promoting Chinese relations with the bloc, President Xi Jinping told Britain's premier - making in an indirect plea for the country to remain part of the EU.

Former EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has warned eurosceptics that a British renegotiation of its relationship with Europe after a ‘Brexit’ would take up to a decade.

In the midst of the crises Europe is facing, EU leaders need to act swiftly and stop behaving “like if they were in a souk,” said Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg, at a dinner in Brussels, on Wednesday evening (21 October).

The UK parliament’s cross-party Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has announced it will hold a public enquiry to assess the effectiveness of European environmental policy in the UK. EURACTIV's partner edie.net reports.

A leading British employers group stepped up its push to keep the country in the European Union, saying the alternatives would hurt trade.

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will spell out how Britain's membership of the European Union affects the central bank's ability to manage the economy and protect the country's banking sector in a speech on Wednesday (21 October).

Extreme and populist right-wing parties have always been the biggest political beneficiaries of financial crises, according to a new study. EURACTIV Germany reports.

David Cameron was sent home from last night's (15 October) summit with the request to to submit a proper list of detailed demands for new membership terms by early November - a demand the UK leader had so far been resisting putting in writing for fear of Brussels' leaks aiding the euroscepting wing of his own Conservative party.

Follow EURACTIV's rolling coverage of the European Council taking place in Brussels on 15-16 October 2015.

On the eve on a European Council summit that will look at Britain's on-going renegotiations of its membership of the bloc, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker appeared to stumble over his words Wednesday (14 October) on whether the UK even needed Brussels.

European Council President Donald Tusk told Turkey yesterday (13 October) that it could win concessions from the EU, such as visa-free travel, if it successfully reduces the flow of refugees reaching Europe. Three EU Commissioners are due to visit Ankara today, ahead of Thursday's (15 October) EU summit.

David Cameron will have an anxious audience when he meets fellow European Union leaders at a summit in Brussels at the end of this week.

Britain is stronger and safer and families are better off in the European Union, the so-called 'in campaign' said on Monday (12 October), launching its fight to keep the country in the European Union by branding its opponents "quitters".

A campaign backed by more than 6,000 British scientists to stay in the European Union was launched on Friday (9 October), ahead of a British referendum due on the issue by 2017.