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Panicking David Cameron is dashing to Brussels on Friday as he bids to rescue his EU renegotiation .

The Prime Minister had been due to fly to Sweden and Denmark to meet his opposite numbers in their respective capitals, Stockholm and Copenhagen.

But he is snubbing the Scandinavian duo so he can make a last-ditch plea for support from European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker before next month’s summit showdown.

The pair will hold crunch talks over Mr Cameron’s planned reforms, which include curbing migrants’ benefits .

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The Tory leader hopes to thrash out a new EU deal for Britain before calling an In/Out referendum on the UK’s membership of the 28-state union.

A senior Downing Street source said: “As you would expect as we get closer to the February Council, there are meetings to be held with some of the people closely involved in the process, such as President Juncker.

“The opportunity for a meeting on Friday came up so we are changing the schedule.”

Asked if the Swedes and Danes would be offended, the source added: “They all understand the importance of trying to make progress and will see it in that context, I’m sure.”

A senior Brussels official insisted the European Commission would not publish “propaganda” about the benefits of EU membership in the run-up to the vote but would “continue to inform citizens” about its work.

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Jonathan Faull, who is leading the commission’s work on Mr Cameron’s demands for a new deal, said he commission will “continue to inform citizens” but will not “participate actively” or finance campaigns in the referendum.

He told MEPs from the EFDD group: “The commission will not spend a penny on propaganda in the referendum campaign.

“We do not intend to indulge in propaganda at all - I don’t think we ever do, by the way - and ... we have no intention of participating directly in any referendum campaign.

“We never do, and the United Kingdom will not be different from previous ones.”