Cameron's Europe: Can the Conservatives achieve their EU objectives?

David Cameron, the leader of Britain's Conservatives and perhaps its next prime minister, has unveiled a new strategy for the European Union. Charles Grant assesses its viability and argues that Cameron's scheme to opt out of the EU treaties will be hard to pull off, particularly in the area of social policy. Grant urges Cameron to focus instead on safeguarding key British interests such as the City of London. He concludes that a Conservative Britain would boost its influence in the EU if it came up with constructive proposals on economic reform, energy, climate change and European defence.