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European Council

I understand why the Prime Minister has closely linked the possibility of the reform of the rebate to the reform of the CAP, but it looks like that linkage might be rather difficult to achieve. Issues such as the elimination of external tariffs, the genuine completion of the single market, the services directive and the completion of the Lisbon agenda, which he promoted, are tremendously important to us and would be hugely beneficial to the British economy. Would it not be worth negotiating the rebate in the context of some or all of those issues?