British Prime Minister David Cameron is ready to give up a key demand in order to reach an agreement in the negotiations on his country's membership in the EU, the British press announced today.
Citing unnamed British government sources, the Telegraph, The Times and the Independent reported that London had been trying to limit access to state aid to EU migrants, but that this could be dropped if agreement was reached on another way to limit the flow of migrants.
The plan, under which EU migrants would have to wait four years before accessing state benefits in Britain, was a key point in Cameron's new negotiations on membership of the European bloc ahead of a referendum due to be held by the end of 2017, she said. agency AFP.
Waiver of that request would mean that the referendum could be held in July 2016, Independent stated.
"The British are concerned about the level of migration from the EU to Britain. The most important thing is to solve the problem, not to specify the form of the agreement," the British newspaper quoted an unnamed source of the British government.
"The four-year period is the basis for negotiations. It is the prime minister's idea, but if there are other ideas that are better, he will willingly accept them," the Telegraph quoted an unnamed prominent British official as saying.
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