British prime minister says the EU must agree to “irreversible changes” that would redefine Britain’s relationship with the bloc and limit freedom of movement by allowing the UK to restrict benefits for migrants from other member states. David Cameron outlined his demands on Tuesday in a letter to European Council President Donald Tusk.

The UK is set to hold a referendum by the end of 2017 on whether to leave the 28-nation EU. Cameron says he wants to stay in, provided he can secure greater autonomy for the UK.

Cameron said the UK wants change in four areas, including protection for countries such as Britain that don’t use the euro single currency, less red tape and greater power for national parliaments to opt out of rules made by the Brussels-based EU.


Comment: Well, make that three…, oops, guess there’s a couple more…five?

“We are a proud, independent nation. We intend to stay that way,” Cameron said. He went on adding that Britain wanted a “clear, legally binding and irreversible” exemption from the EU’s commitment to an ever-closer union.

He also said that Britain wants to bar EU migrants from receiving tax credits and other benefits paid to working people during their first four years in Britain. That is likely to face opposition by some EU leaders, who see free movement of labor, as well as of goods, as a cornerstone of the bloc. “We don’t want to destroy that principle… But freedom of movement has never been an unqualified right,” he said.


Comment: No, Mr. Ox Y. Moron, sir! “FREEDOM” has to be UNQUALIFIED! That’s precisely why they call it “FREEDOM!”

He finally said getting all 27 other member states to agree to Britain’s demands would be tough, but not “Mission Impossible.”

Earlier, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said the EU must implement fundamental reform or British people would vote to leave the bloc in an upcoming referendum. He noted that if their partners in the EU turn a deaf ear to their request for reform, they will have to rethink the way they operated.

“The freedom of movement is a problematic demand which may spark disagreements between two sides,” London-based political analysts Chris Bambery told Press TV’s UK Desk.