European views on the UK’s renegotiation: Germany, Greece, Slovakia and the EU’s institutions

The success or failure of David Cameron’s planned renegotiation of the UK’s EU membership will depend to a large extent on how the other 27 EU member states respond to his proposals. But how do countries across the EU view the UK’s renegotiation? Building on a report published in 2014 by the German Council on Foreign Relations, EUROPP is running a series of overviews of the renegotiation from each of the EU’s member states. Compiled by the LSE’s Tim Oliver and written by authors based at universities and research institutions, the overviews will set out what discussion – if any – there has been about the renegotiation and the wider views within each country on the renegotiation and a potential Brexit. This post is the final part of the series and gives views from Germany, Greece, Slovakia and the EU’s institutions. All of the responses in the series are compiled here. Germany: Doubts that Britain really knows what it wants Greece: Fears of Grexit slowly shifting to fears of Brexit Slovakia: Preserving equal treatment while keeping the UK inside EU institutions: The dog that hasn’t yet barke