2 March 2012 Last updated at 05:09 ET 
Mr Cameron told reporters that Europe was facing a growth crisis in addition to a debt crisis
The prime minister has expressed frustration that he is being ignored at an EU summit on jobs and growth.
David Cameron formally raised objections in Brussels that his ideas for cutting red tape were not reflected in draft summit conclusions.
He had presented a letter from 12 governments calling for more deregulation to boost economic growth.
European Council president Herman Van Rompuy said the PM had since been "very pleased" with the final draft.
The newly re-elected president said British calls to boost the EU economy were being taken seriously and he had sought to re-draft the summit's conclusions accordingly.
The conclusions are due to be approved on Friday.
Separately all EU states, apart from the UK and the Czech Republic, have signed a new fiscal treaty aimed at enforcing budget discipline in the eurozone.
'Path to growth' The draft summit conclusions call for action to put the EU back on the "path to growth".
France and Germany, which had not signed the letter initiated by Mr Cameron and Dutch PM Mark Rutte, had also written a letter setting out steps towards recovery.
Mr Cameron is understood to have pointed out that the draft conclusions had specifically called for issues in terms set out in the Franco-German letter - "fiscal consolidation as an essential condition of higher growth and employment; a broader tax base; and a target of raising the employment rate to 75% on average across Europe by 2020" - but it did not include plans set out in his letter.
EU officials denied there had been any significant difference of view about how to solve the crisis.
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said Mr Cameron's complaint at a leaders' dinner to open the summit was "five minutes of frustration".
Government sources said Mr Cameron wanted to fire a shot across the bows of Brussels bureaucrats.
The Plan for Growth in Europe letter championed by Mr Cameron says growth issues have already been discussed before at summit, adding: "Now is the time to show leadership and take bold decisions which will deliver the results that our people are demanding."
It calls for the EU single market to be opened up further, and says the European Commission should set out "clear and detailed actions to improve implementation of the rules and strengthen enforcement, particularly in the financial services sector".
When Mr Cameron arrived at the summit he said: "Europe doesn't just face a debt crisis, Europe also faces a growth crisis.
"Britain, together with 11 other European countries, has come together and set out a whole series of measures that the EU can take that would help drive growth, including deregulating businesses to set them free to create more jobs.
"That's the agenda I am going to be driving at this European Council, and the aim is to get as many of those measures approved as possible."
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander said: "It's no good David Cameron complaining about being ignored when he is simply reaping what he has sowed in Europe.
"Sadly it's difficult for him to provide the political leadership Europe needs on jobs and growth when his own policies in Britain are undermining both."
