Originally Posted by Chris

One of the beefs the UK government has is the suggestion that the UK cannot unilaterally impose tougher regulations than the ones set by the EU (I think we're challenging that in the European Court at the moment). Resolution of this complaint may have been one of Cameron's negotiating demands last week. The fact that even this demand was not conceded is, IMO, very revealing of the mindset of the French and German governments in particular.