Former Prime Minister Sir John Major has said he believes David Cameron will succeed in reclaiming powers from the European Union before holding a referendum on the UK's membership.
Sir John said the political climate following the European elections would give Mr Cameron "allies" in any talks.
He suggested the free movement of people around Europe could be "qualified in some way".
But he warned that an exit from the EU would leave the UK isolated.
Mr Cameron has promised to hold a referendum on EU membership in 2017, if the Tories win the next general election, so people can decide if they are satisfied with the concessions his government will have negotiated in the meantime.
'Positive reform'Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Sir John said Mr Cameron's position was not "remotely" like the situation he faced as PM in the 1990s when he faced difficulties from eurosceptics in his party.
"It can be done and I think this prime minister can do it", he said.
He said the outcome of the recent elections, in which anti-EU parties made gains, had made it "apparent" that reform was necessary.
He said: "I think that gives a great deal of power to the British determination to renegotiate, because they will have allies today, which in the 1990s they did not have".
And he said changes could be made to the fundamental freedoms of the union, including the movement of people, saying: "You can't have an absolute restriction but you can qualify it in some ways".
There are a "whole range of things quite apart from freedom of movement where positive reform can be made", he added.
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