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Opinion: Cameron’s veto – an act of ruthless self-interest

By Conan D'Arcy | 15th December 2011 - 5:26 pm

To everyone’s shock, the 8th European Council summit of the year heralded something momentous, though it was not the prayed-for saving of the Eurozone but David Cameron’s wielding of the mythical British veto like a modern day Excalibur.

But we have to question why was a ‘veto’ used? The proposed modifications of the Lisbon Treaty were supposed to provide the legal certainty for a fully functioning fiscal union because the German constitutional court, amongst others, would not have accepted a halfway house solution using constitutional wheezes. British Ministers have been at pains to emphasise over the last year that Eurozone integration …

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    If the reports are to be believed, IDS has already dismissed this apparently back-of-the-envelope costing by Steve Hilton. That is hardly surprising since he has...
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    Thanks for the information about the govt consultation, Carol, hadn't heard about that. Just filled it out.
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    Where does Cameron get his advisors from, Coulson, Hilton? It's like some parallel valueless universe.
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    Was his first speech to conference as leader recorded and put online anywhere?