Libya/European Council

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at 3:53 pm on 28 March 2011.

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Photo of David Cameron David Cameron The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party 3:53, 28 March 2011

I certainly will attempt to do that, but as my hon. Friend knows, one of the issues is that the only organisation that has the right of initiative in the European Union is the Commission, so the key is to work with the Commission and to persuade the Commission that what is needed right now in Europe is deregulation, market reforms and completing the single market. I think President Barroso sees the world like that. There is no fiscal stimulus left to European countries; they have all run out of money. There is not much monetary stimulus left, with interest rates as low as they are. What we need is the stimulus that comes from making it easier to do business, and I think President Barroso gets that.