David Cameron given EU ‘compromise’ warning

David Cameron has been given a fresh warning that compromise will be needed if he is to succeed in his plan to renegotiate the terms of Britain’s EU membership.

Following talks in Downing Street, the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz said there were “different views” among member states on Britain’s proposals but that there were also areas of “common ground”.

“Dialogue is necessary. Solutions are always coming via dialogue and at the end via compromise,” he said.

“There is a long list of common interests and I think common ground could be found by analysing and discussing content. That is what we did.

“There were some controversial items and it is not surprising that in the European Parliament some views are different than here in London.”