Frustrated officials and diplomats in Brussels say negotiations absorb not moved in months due to UK’s reluctance to table clear demands for EU reform
David Cameron has been told by senior negotiators in Brussels that there is no point in further talks on Britain’s EU membership until he tables concrete written demands,the Guardian has learned. Downing Street has been determined to avoid putting its specific demands on paper for scare of leaks that will be seized on by Eurosceptics.
Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen, a Dane who as secretary general of the Council of the European Union is the top EU official chairing a negotiating committee meeting since July, or told all ambassadors to the union last Saturday that there could be no mandate for more talks until the British government spelled out in writing what it wanted.
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Source: theguardian.com