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David Cameron appears to be engaging with the EU in a good way
Even small-state, cut public expenditure David Cameron seemingly wants to help young people find jobs. This is excellent news which I hope will be translated into concrete action in Britain to bring down youth unemployment which currently stands at a … Continue reading
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Cameron should forge an alliance for green growth and jobs with Denmark
Nick Clegg has called David Cameron’s antics inBrussels last week, which culminated in Cameron’ failure to get anything forBritain before flouncing out of the negotiations, “bad forBritain“. Vince Cable, the erratic Lib-Dem Business Secretary, subsequently went further saying, “We need … Continue reading
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Repatriation of powers is looking increasingly less likely
According to the Daily Mail, Chancellor Merkel and President Sarkozy are looking at striking separate arrangements outside the EU Lisbon Treaty to bring about tighter budgetary control in the Eurozone countries. It now appears that Germany’s original idea to secure … Continue reading
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Cameron loses comprehensively to Merkel
Mrs Merkel has, it would seem, well and truly smashed the dream so carefully cherished by the Conservative part of the Con-Dem coalition that their beleaguered government would gain a resounding victory over the EU. Until Cameron’s ill-fated meeting with … Continue reading
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Cameron starts to count the cost of exclusion
David Cameron seems at last to be starting to understand that it is not at all in Britain’s national interest to be excluded from EU decision making. It now appears that the 10 EU countries that are not in the … Continue reading
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The True Consequences of Exclusion from Eurozone Decisions
As expected Eurozone leaders have reached agreement. The three-pronged arrangement means that private banks holding Greek debt will face a loss of 50%. Banks must also raise more capital to protect them against losses resulting from any future government defaults. … Continue reading
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Tories Try to Play the Blame Game
The current government cannot continue to blame poor economic performance on the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis. That was the central argument in a great article in today’s Guardian by Larry Elliott. You can read it by following the link here. … Continue reading
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Cameron’s Zepplin Moment
David Cameron’s signing a letter with five other world leaders outside Europe calling on Eurozone leaders to act swiftly to halt the Euro crisis, I believe, marks a turning point in Britain’s relations with the European Union, for worse not … Continue reading
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