No deal on European Union benefits after Polish talks – David Cameron

Speaking at a news conference in Poland after talks with Mr Cameron, she said there were “also discussions and issues about which we do not see eye to eye today”.

Szydlo listed several “completely acceptable” British demands, including giving more power to national parliaments and reducing European bureaucracy but said further talks were needed on the welfare issue.

British Prime Minister David Cameron carries a wreath at a memorial for the victims, outside the compound housing the Colectiv nightclub, where 60 people were killed in a fire 40 days ago, in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015.

Cameron has said he wants Britain to stay in a reformed European Union but will rule nothing out if he can not get the changes he wants.

The minister’s comments follow Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, saying there was “presently no consensus” among EU members state over the centrepiece of David Cameron’s renegotiations ahead of the UK’s in-out referendum.

In a sign of the deep unease in eastern Europe at the proposed restrictions, Beata Szydlo warned Cameron that the “basic principles” of the EU’s rules on freedom of movement must be respected.

Cameron wants to withdraw in-work benefits from newly arrived EU-workers for four years, a proposal which could affect thousands of Poles arriving in Britain for the first time.

Mr Cameron has promised to overhaul Britain’s relationship with Brussels before holding an in-out referendum by the end of 2017.

Cameron’s spokeswoman said he was open to discussions with European Union leaders about finding a solution to the issue.

In November he laid out his plans for the terms of Britain’s membership, which focus on reforming its ties to the single market, removal from “ever closer union” and drastic changes to the policy of free movement between nation states. “Everyone is committed to doing that further work and, I think reaching agreement”.

The British prime minister visited Bulgaria last week. “We’ll do everything in order to support our British partners”, she added.

“Net migration in the United Kingdom is running at well over 300,000 a year and that is not sustainable”.

A senior member of the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR), Britain’s independent fiscal forecaster, said he thought the government’s plan would not have much impact on immigration.

“That is the problem we need to address and I believe with the type of Polish will I have seen here in Poland we can find a way”. But if you like, this renegotiation, this question has become bigger and more important with the security crisis that we face in Europe.