Britain is expected to hold a referendum on EU membership in 2017
We have a strong interest in the UK remaining a strong member
Wolfgang Schaeuble
Wolfgang Schaeuble, the country's finance minister, said that Germany had a "huge interest" in the UK being a "strong and engaged" member of the EU.
He has invited Chancellor George Osborne to Berlin to discuss plans to renegotiate Britain's role in Europe – ahead of an in/out referendum promised by the end of 2017.
He said: "We have talked about him coming to Berlin so that we can think together about how we can combine the British position with the urgent need for a strengthened governance of the eurozone."
Schaeuble suggested that British demands for reform could be considered, but the process of rewriting the EU's fundamental treaties might not be achievable by 2017.
He added: "We will try to move in this direction, possibly through agreements that would later be incorporated into treaty changes.
"There is a big margin of manoeuvre."
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