David Cameron this morning gave his eagerly awaited speech on the UK’s relationship with Europe and delivered an uncompromising message to his EU partners: repatriate some EU powers or the UK will leave.

As anticipated, the set-piece speech by the UK Prime Minister called for a new settlement, but what has alarmed his European partners is his commitment, if re-elected in 2015, to hold a straight “in-out” referendum within five years.

Commenting on the British Prime Minister David Cameron's speech on the UK's future in the EU, the Chairman of the EPP Group, Joseph Daul, said:
 
 

Reacting to the speech by David Cameron on the UK's relationship with the European Union, co-president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament Dany Cohn-Bendit said:

 

AEGEE-Europe supports the claim of Italian students and calls for a solution that solves the violation of the democratic rights of thousand of young citizens. We expect the decision of the Italian Council of Ministers to allow all Italians living abroad the possibility to participate in the elections to the Parliament. We are proud to see that the reaction of Italian Erasmus has been decisive to allow other Italians to exert their democratic rights.