Saturday, December 10, 2011

England Stands Alone On Calls To Amend The EU Treaty


Day PM Put Britain First: Defiant Cameron Stands Up To Euro Bullies... But French Plot Revenge For Historic Veto -- Daily Mail

* Eurocrats predict a 'great divorce' amid doubt on the UK's future in the EU
* But Cameron insists Britain will stay in the EU as long as 'membership is in our interest'
* Sarkozy 'had to be physically restrained' during historic talks on the euro
* PM's decision delights Tory eurosceptics but the Lib Dems are less pleased

David Cameron stood defiantly behind his historic veto of a new EU power grab last night as France plotted to push Britain towards the EU exit door.

In the most momentous decision of his premiership, Mr Cameron resolutely defended British interests by rejecting demands for treaty change across the EU as part of a rescue plan for the single currency.

Angry Eurocrats said the extraordinary and unexpected move – the first time a British prime minister has said ‘no’ to a new European treaty – marked a ‘great divorce’ and threw Britain’s future in the EU into serious doubt.

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My Comment: PM Cameron listened to the British public and has acted accordingly. I am sure there are many in Europe who share the same sentiment that the British Prime Minister is expressing, and wish that their own political leaders would do the same.

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