opt-outs

Some EU countries that don't use the euro, such as the U.K., are expected to seek exemptions known as opt-outs from some of the common policies that bind euro members tighter together.

Support Grows for New EU Treaty to Boost Fiscal Ties in Euro Zone Ainsley Thomson 2011

The consequences of a sharp rise in opt-outs are potentially catastrophic for the funding of schemes in the short and medium term.

The Age of Strife: pay packets and pensions divide coalition Britain 2011

Maastricht also established the principle of the two-speed EU, with its dangerously comforting opt-outs.

David Cameron's euro endgame | Bernard Jenkin 2011

The ruling follows a complaint from the National Secular Society, which argued that the opt-outs went further than was permitted under the directive and had created “illegal discrimination against homosexuals”.

Churches in UK must lift ban on employing homosexuals « Anglican Samizdat 2009

If the EU suggests policies we don't like, there are opt-outs and compromises galore, hardly the anti-democratic monster of sceptic imagination.

'As an act of crass stupidity, this has rarely been equalled' | Will Hutton 2011

Until recently, it seemed that the euro zone would continue to recruit new members until only the three nations with opt-outs—the U.K., Sweden and Denmark—were left clinging on to their national currencies.

The Ins and Outs of Future European Integration Paul Hannon 2011

The consequences of a sharp rise in opt-outs are potentially catastrophic for the funding of schemes in the short and medium term.

The Age of Strife: pay packets and pensions divide coalition Britain 2011

The Conservative head of the Local Government Association, Baroness Eaton, has already warned that if average rises in pension contributions of more than 3% are forced on hundreds of thousands of local government workers there will be mass opt-outs from its pension scheme.

The Age of Strife: pay packets and pensions divide coalition Britain 2011

The Conservative head of the Local Government Association, Baroness Eaton, has already warned that if average rises in pension contributions of more than 3% are forced on hundreds of thousands of local government workers there will be mass opt-outs from its pension scheme.

The Age of Strife: pay packets and pensions divide coalition Britain 2011

Under pressure from the Lib Dems, there was no mention of repatriation of powers or opt-outs from labour market legislation.

The political and personal failings of David Cameron | Observer editorial 2011