What about possible solutions - renegotiation of contracts, better transparency mechanisms, higher taxation, resource nationalism?
By raising the spectre of withdrawal, Tory Eurosceptics hoped to make the renegotiation option look reasonable.
The official line in Brussels and Berlin is that there will be no renegotiation.
Many are wary, though, of changes that might prompt arduous renegotiation of the bilateral treaty.
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To be sure, this kind of saber-rattling happens every time the Guild's contract comes up for renegotiation.
This week, Ivanhoe and Rio shot back a letter saying the agreement was not up for renegotiation.
Yet if renegotiation and a second vote are unthinkable, so is the option of chucking France out.
On the contrary, it is meant permanently to be in flux, always developing and subject to renegotiation.
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If Argentina's default is followed by recovery, the government's candidate, whoever he may be, may also favour renegotiation.
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Hence the need for renegotiation and delay, creating more of the uncertainty the Eurogroup was keen to avoid.
Or does he believe that there will have to be some easing of the terms through a renegotiation?
Eurosceptical British Tories want a referendum to force a renegotiation of Britain's membership or perhaps get out altogether.
Then they want to set the bar for Mr. Cameron's renegotiation so high that he is doomed to fail.
This was, according to Mr Gaspar, a "recognition" of Portuguese efforts but not a sign that renegotiation was imminent.
They also argue that, with the copper price falling, a renegotiation might leave the government in a worse position.
The upcoming renegotiation of the treaty that defines the ITU's competences is regarded as an opportunity to push this agenda.
But there were also (by Southie standards) relatively few boos for people who talked about the need for some renegotiation.
Labour has warned the prospect of a protracted renegotiation followed by a referendum could send out the wrong signal to business.
At home David Cameron will be hailed as a hero by Eurosceptics who are likely to demand, now, renegotiation and a referendum.
Labour politicians were divided on whether to stay in or get out - so Harold Wilson offered renegotiation followed by a referendum.
Many of these choices will not be a matter for legislatures or courts, but will involve the informal renegotiation of interpersonal relations.
"In most cases, boroughs have to wait until contracts are up for tender or renegotiation before encouraging contractors to implement it, " he said.
"We stood on a manifesto that we would rework our relations with the European Union, that we would have a renegotiation, " he said.
Durham chairman Clive Leach insists that renegotiation would be needed before he gives up his county's share of England star Collingwood's IPL money.
Some of them are economic, such as the renegotiation or forgiveness of Soviet-era debt, as well as faster entry into the World Trade Organization.
They also want what amounts to renegotiation of earlier agreements which they say have not delivered the expected benefits and are onerous to implement.
This is supposed to provide authoritative proof of the benefits of EU membership while highlighting potential reforms that could feed into Mr. Cameron's promised renegotiation.
With Europe's focus squarely on its economic problems, the Treasury has made clear there is no "immediate prospect" of a major renegotiation of existing laws.
His broad arguments suggest a renegotiation so fundamental that, if miraculously successful, the UK would be part of a reformed single market and little else.
Anyway, if they did that it would require a renegotiation of the treaties affecting the full 27, in which case we would have our veto.
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