After his meeting with EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on 25 May, UK Prime Minister David Cameron will soon be taking his show on the road with plans to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande, among others, concerning the future of Britain’s EU membership. The discussion will revolve around British demands to renegotiate the Lisbon Treaty as a precondition for Britain staying the course within the Union.
But with Merkel and Hollande having just negotiated proposals to bring their two countries even closer together politically (26 May) to be presented in Brussels next month, while working within the bounds of existing EU treates, it’s possible Merkel and Hollande won’t lend the sympathetic ear that Cameron is looking for…