Nicholas Dakin
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(12 years, 9 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
I think that the conditions are very straightforward. As I have said, we want those institutions to sort out the problems of the European Union, and we want them to stick to fiscal union and not go into single market issues. If they were to go into single market issues and threaten Britain’s national interests, of course we would act. That seems to me to be a much more sensible approach than taking an alternative path, because all the while we shall be maintaining some leverage over this organisation, outside the European Union, to ensure that it sticks to the job that it is meant to do.
Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab)
What, in terms of content, is not in the EU treaty as a result of the Prime Minister’s not signing it?
The Prime Minister
I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman has spotted this yet, but there is not an EU treaty.