Douglas Alexander MP, Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary, responding to David Cameron’s press conference in Harpsund, Sweden, said:

“Of course Europe needs to change, but David Cameron has so far been unwilling or unable to set out any detailed EU reform plans of his own.

“Labour wrote to David Cameron last month setting out five specific and achievable changes to make Europe work better for Britain, and called on him to adopt these proposals or set out his own detailed agenda for reform.

“The appointment of a new Commission later this month now provides a vital window of opportunity which must be seized, not squandered.”