UK chancellor George Osborne will today make a speech to a group of Eurosceptics in which he claims that the EU is falling behind India and China in its reforms and must step up to the plate if it wants to halt the decline
We can’t go on like this.
The biggest economic risk facing Europe doesn’t come from those who want reform and renegotiation, it comes from a failure to reform and renegotiate.It is the status quo which condemns the people of Europe to an ongoing economic crisis and continuing decline
Today’s speech comes after the Tory leadership rejected a call from 95 of its MPs to allow Parliament to block EU laws.Earlier this week Foreign Secretary William Hague said the European Union’s rules had to be followed by all its members and the backbenchers’ plan was unworkable
The slings and arrows continue to rain down and the BBC has more here
