The EU also emphasised its willingness to cut greenhouse gases by 30% by 2020, compared to 1990 levels, if the rest of the world signs up to a sufficiently ambitious package in Copenhagen.
EU sources emphasise they understand the British argument that it can't commit fully to a divorce bill until it knows what the future relationship with the EU will look like.
EU officials, he emphasised, were generally efficient and effective, however decisive action needed to be taken in cases of wrongdoing.
EU officials have also emphasised the importance of the nature of EU aid.
The fiscal hawks in Berlin who are preoccupied with producing Germany's first balanced budget in almost half a century by next year have insisted that the Juncker plan not involve any more debt in the EU, while Britain has emphasised that the scheme must not lead to an increase in the EU budget.
It is also consistent with the legal obligation of all EU member states to tackle the demand that "fosters all forms of exploitation related to trafficking", as emphasised by EU anti-trafficking co-ordinator, Myria Vassiliadou.
She noted that the latter approach carries the risk that some EU members may be left behind but emphasised that every EU member state would be free to join.
EU Commission spokeswoman Annika Breithard emphasised that EU states were prohibited from any form of discrimination, according to the BBC.
Donald Tusk, the president of the European council who mediates between EU national leaders and will have to handle the UK negotiations, emphasised Britain's key role in the EU as the champion of a "common-sense agenda".
