Cameron stands by EU summit veto

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Series Details 13.12.11
Publication Date 13/12/2011
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Report of comments by United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron in the House of Commons on the 12 December 2011. reporting back to MPs on the outcome of the European Council, Brussels, 8-9 December 2011.

He insisted that Britain’s membership of the EU would not be jeopardised by his use of the veto which prompted widespread questions about the country’s future relationship with the EU.

He defended his decision to refuse to join the other 26 European Union member states in a fiscal union, and dismissed growing calls in his Conservative Party for Britain to leave the EU, saying remaining in the bloc was vital to Britain's national interests.

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Deutsche Welle, 12.12.11: Cameron defends EU veto as strains show in Britain's ruling coalition http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15594724,00.html
BBC News, 12.12.11: EU veto: Cameron says he negotiated in 'good faith' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16134496
ESO: Background information: Cameron’s catastrophic decision on EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/camerons-catastrophic-decision-on-eu/
Spiegel Online International, 12.12.11: Cameron Insists EU Membership 'Vital' to Britain http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,803278,00.html
United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: News, 12.12.11: Prime Minister's statement on the European Council http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=PressS&id=704961082
Spiegel Online International, 13.12.11: 'Cameron Has Shed UK's Claim to a Leading EU Role' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,803430,00.html
BBC News, 14.12.11: German Chancellor Merkel says Britain a key EU partner http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16177674

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