Post by Jaga on Feb 1, 2016 22:06:22 GMT -7
I am not surprised that GB wants to change its policies. UK was the biggest importer of labor from EE. Donald Tusk, ex Polish prime minister and EU president was talking with Cameron today
Cameron told he has two weeks to persuade Poles and allies over EU
Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia remain opposed to any changes discriminating against their citizens in UK
Polish prime minister Beata Maria Szydło in December 2105. Photograph: East News/Rex
Nicholas Watt Chief political correspondent
Monday 1 February 2016 17.26 EST Last modified on Monday 1 February 2016 19.55 EST
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David Cameron has been told that he will need to launch a diplomatic offensive in eastern Europe over the next two weeks to win Poland and its allies over to his plan to restrict benefit payments to EU migrants.
The prime minister has been warned by Whitehall figures that he has to do more to convince leaders in eastern Europe, as negotiations on Britain’s future in Europe enter their final stages with the publication of proposals by the European council president Donald Tusk for a “new settlement”.
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Beata Maria Szydło, the Polish prime minister, told Cameron in Warsaw late last year that Poland and the other three members of the Visegrád group – Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia – are opposed to any changes that will discriminate against their citizens working in the UK.
Downing Street was encouraged when Jean-Claude Juncker, the European commission president, agreed at a meeting in Brussels on Friday that an emergency brake to limit benefit payments to EU migrants for four years could be imposed as soon as a referendum is passed.
However, the proposal is causing concern among east European leaders, who fear a backlash among their citizens in the UK who still have the right to vote in domestic elections.
“The prime minister will be focusing quite heavily on the Visegrád group over the next two weeks,” one Whitehall source. “It is clear that there are nerves about how Poles, Czechs, Hungarians and workers from the Baltic States working in the UK might vote in elections back home.”
Senior British sources said they are encouraged by the progress in the prime minister’s negotiations which intensified over the weekend with the Juncker meeting on Friday and a dinner with Tusk in No 10 on Sunday night.
Tusk tweeted on Monday night that he had made good progress with British and other officials since meeting Cameron in Downing Street on Sunday night, though he said there are still outstanding areas.
Cameron told he has two weeks to persuade Poles and allies over EU
Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia remain opposed to any changes discriminating against their citizens in UK
Polish prime minister Beata Maria Szydło in December 2105. Photograph: East News/Rex
Nicholas Watt Chief political correspondent
Monday 1 February 2016 17.26 EST Last modified on Monday 1 February 2016 19.55 EST
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David Cameron has been told that he will need to launch a diplomatic offensive in eastern Europe over the next two weeks to win Poland and its allies over to his plan to restrict benefit payments to EU migrants.
The prime minister has been warned by Whitehall figures that he has to do more to convince leaders in eastern Europe, as negotiations on Britain’s future in Europe enter their final stages with the publication of proposals by the European council president Donald Tusk for a “new settlement”.
Donald Tusk to table EU reform proposals after Cameron talks
Read more
Beata Maria Szydło, the Polish prime minister, told Cameron in Warsaw late last year that Poland and the other three members of the Visegrád group – Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia – are opposed to any changes that will discriminate against their citizens working in the UK.
Downing Street was encouraged when Jean-Claude Juncker, the European commission president, agreed at a meeting in Brussels on Friday that an emergency brake to limit benefit payments to EU migrants for four years could be imposed as soon as a referendum is passed.
However, the proposal is causing concern among east European leaders, who fear a backlash among their citizens in the UK who still have the right to vote in domestic elections.
“The prime minister will be focusing quite heavily on the Visegrád group over the next two weeks,” one Whitehall source. “It is clear that there are nerves about how Poles, Czechs, Hungarians and workers from the Baltic States working in the UK might vote in elections back home.”
Senior British sources said they are encouraged by the progress in the prime minister’s negotiations which intensified over the weekend with the Juncker meeting on Friday and a dinner with Tusk in No 10 on Sunday night.
Tusk tweeted on Monday night that he had made good progress with British and other officials since meeting Cameron in Downing Street on Sunday night, though he said there are still outstanding areas.
