UK and EU must address long-term issues relating changing shape of eurozone

The informal talks being held now on the UK’s relationship with the EU are an opportunity that neither side of the debate can afford to miss, writes Kemal Dervis

Informal discussions on the UK’s relationship with the European Union are now under way. With a referendum on its continued EU membership set to take place before the end of 2017, the talks are the first step toward negotiating changes which, EU leaders hope, will convince British voters to choose Europe.

And changes will certainly be needed. Indeed, as prime minister David Cameron is well aware, given the current dynamic of the UK’s relationship with the EU, British voters would undoubtedly choose to leave the EU.