Brussels puts block on Tories renegotiating EU terms

Referendum could go ahead without David Cameron having chance to win news terms of membership

The Mole

The secure telephone lines between the Cameron camp and Brussels will have been buzzing early today after The Times reported that Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, had effectively rubbished one of the central planks of David Cameron's election manifesto.

The Times reports sources close to Juncker saying there is no prospect of formal plans for treaty change while Juncker remains president. And his term is not up until the end of 2019 – two years beyond the promised date for Britain’s in/out referendum if the Tories win the general election.

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