Cameron unworried by Britain's Europe isolation

[dipsydoodle]

(Reuters) - Britain should be relaxed about being "out of the room" when Europe discusses euro zone issues, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday, dismissing any prospect of signing up to a new treaty with other EU states to enforce stricter budget controls.

Cameron infuriated other European Union members last month and sparked speculation about Britain's place in the bloc it joined in 1973 by blocking an EU treaty change and forcing euro zone countries to negotiate a fiscal accord outside the Union.

All EU countries other than Britain now plan to sign a treaty outside the full EU framework at a summit on January 30. Cameron had not seen a shift in position by other EU countries that would allow Britain to sign a treaty with them.

"I haven't seen that movement because the conditions we set out are the conditions we set out and they haven't been moved towards so I don't see that development," he said in an interview with CNN at the Davos Forum.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/26/uk-davos-britain-eu-idUKTRE80P1IZ20120126

[Owlet]

1. What in the world does this mean?

All EU countries other than Britain now plan to sign a treaty outside the full EU framework at a summit on January 30.

Is it to be an EU on top of an EU? It's the phrase outside the full EU framework that has me puzzled.

[dipsydoodle]

2. The UK isn't in the Eurozone

This refers mainly to Eurozone issues.

[Owlet]

3. Maybe

but that's not really what the article says. Yes, I know Britain isn't in the Eurozone. Is this to be a treaty amending the Maastrict Agreement? If so, I thought that Norway had shown some reluctance to sign, also. Not a very informative article, IMHO. No reflection on the poster, just still puzzled by Reuters phrasing.

[T_i_B]

4. The current situation doesn't worry me

What does worry me is the liklihood that we could end up moving further towards withdrawal from the EU, which would actually be pretty disasterous for UK trade.