In return for Britain allowing the 19 eurozone countries to integrate further, the non-euro countries would win safeguards to prevent the 19 ganging up on them on EU-wide matters.
On October 18th the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the highest court which opines on EU-wide matters, ruled that methods to derive embryonic stem cells could not be patented.
Mr Cameron and the Chancellor, George Osborne, are understood to be seeking a "two-speed Europe", allowing the 19 members of the eurozone to integrate more closely on finance, in exchange for exemptions for the non-euro countries on other EU-wide matters.
Step two concerns the affordability of property being offered and step three touches on wider matters of suitability.
Mr Sarkozy puts a greater emphasis on bringing Islamist voices into the open.Indeed, Mr Sarkozy technically finance minister but keen to pronounce on wider matters ahead of taking up the leadership of the ruling UMP party in November goes further.
Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain, where at least 30 people have been killed in recent demonstrations, put out a statement on Sunday saying that with "deep regret" he had to decline the invitation, complaining that media reports about his attendance "clearly sought to involve my potential attendance as a political proxy for wider matters involving Bahrain".
On wider matters, I'm grateful for the helpful contributions of commentators on this blog, and particularly welcome Bix2bop's recent comment on the contribution of bands like Don Ellis's and John Handy's to the often underrated 60s jazz scene, and nilpferd's on the importance of balancing an appreciation of Stan Getz's more muscular playing against the understatements of samba jazz.
He said, instead, a group of people should represent each area, such as Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton, so they could look at local issues in depth and come together to discuss force-wide matters.
The Scottish and UK governments will draw up and agree a Memorandum of Understanding to ensure that such devolution is not detrimental to critical UK-wide matters such as defence, oil and gas and energy.
Spending on reserved issues like defence would remain a UK-wide matter for the Westminster government.
Judge Duncan Hogan then referred the wider matter of whether Safe Harbour was effective to the ECJ.
