What next for European reform in 2012?

David Cameron appears to have won the argument about the exclusion of the single market from the planned EU Treaty changes though, as Mats Persson, director of Open Europe, said: "This latest draft marks a provisional victory”. He is right – and it will need to be secured in practice as well as in the legal text.
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If this argument has been won, what should be the UK’s next strategic priorities for European reform in 2012?

The focus should now be on:

1. Securing a budget freeze for 2014-2020
2. Pressing the European Commission to more vigorously pursue infringements of single market and competition rules
3. Arguing for the introduction of “sunset clauses” to all new EU Directives/amending Directives
4. Exploiting the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty which fit with our strategic objectives

An ambitious agenda, requiring a forensic approach, but one within the reach of a Prime Minister who has shown authority and the ability to win allies in the EU.