The Eu Must Be Able To Act

I Don't Just Want A Better Deal For Britain. I Want A Better Deal For Europe Too. So I Speak As British Prime Minister With A Positive Vision For The Future Of The European Union. A Future In Which Britain Wants, And Should Want, To Play A Committed And Active Part.

It's Not Just Other Countries In Europe Having A Say Over What We Do. It's Unelected Bureaucrats In Brussels On Sort Of Six-figure, Huge Salaries Telling Us How We Run Our Country Despite Having Never Stood For An Election Themselves.

After The Berlin Wall Came Down I Visited That City And I Will Never Forget It. The Abandoned Checkpoints. The Sense Of Excitement About The Future. The Knowledge That A Great Continent Was Coming Together. Healing Those Wounds Of Our History Is The Central Story Of The European Union.

I Think It True That, You Know, Sometimes Things Start To Change Even Before A Government Changes And, Actually, I Think You Can Begin To See Even The Labour Machine Beginning To Understand That It Has Become Over-reliant On Targets And Processes, That Local Governments Have Been Over-bossed And Bullied.

It's Time To Place The Market Within A Moral Framework - Even If That Means Standing Up To Companies Who Make Life Harder For Parents And Families.