UK's Cameron welcomes Tusk's pledge on EU reform via ForexLive

UK PM Cameron has tweeted over the week-end that he

welcome Tusk's commitment to work with UK to reform EU

At a press conference after his appointment was finalised by fellow European leaders, Mr Tusk, who will give up his role as prime minister of Poland for his new role as European Council president, said he wanted to

emphasise that the EU, and me personally, will take on the concerns voiced by the UK.

According to the official translation from Polish, he said:

I am talking about the UK because I am sure that the future of the EU is not about making it smaller, about contraction.

No reasonable person can imagine the EU without the UK. I cannot imagine it myself. I have talked about it with David Cameron. He put forward many proposals for reforms and I am sure with a reasonable framework of politicians we can reach an agreement.

We can strive to eliminate various barriers – freedom of movement of workers, for example.

Talk is cheap but promising noises so far for Cameron who has said he will quit as prime minister after the 2015 election if he cannot guarantee the holding of a referendum on whether the UK should stay in the EU.

Outgoing European Council president Herman Van Rompuy said “Britain's place in the Union” was one of three challenges facing Mr Tusk, along with the “stagnating economy” and Russia's dispute with Ukraine.

Welcome to the job!

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