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Nick Clegg’s budget trip to Spain

By Helen Duffett | Wed 16th June 2010 - 7:20 pm

Giles Paxman, British ambassador to Spain, has blogged about Nick Clegg’s visit to Spain last week.

While emphasising Britain’s interest in the Eurozone’s economic success, the Deputy Prime Minister showed he’s economising too:

The top priority, obviously, is tackling the problems with our public finances. Nick Clegg made the point strongly, in his long meeting with Prime Minister Zapatero and his speech to a packed audience of top Spanish movers and shakers, that this was a duty that we owe to future generations and that

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Posted in Europe / International and News | Also tagged european union, foreign and commonwealth office, giles paxman, nick clegg and spain | 9 Comments

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