EU summit

BBC 4 Radio Today Programme - The last EU summit of 2014

Press quote (BBC Radio 4 Today Programme)
18 December 2014

The last EU summit of the year ended early on Thursday evening. It’s been quite a remarkable year in the fractious relationship between Britain and the EU, from the row over Bulgarian and Romanian immigrants, the rise of Ukip at the European elections, to Britain’s EU bill being higher than expected. But is the mood music really as negative in Brussels? As we go into 2015, how should we take our relationship with the EU forward and keep us together? Charles Grant is director of the Centre for European Reform. Mats Persson is director of Open Europe.

Listen to the discussion here (02:50:00).