Merkel spends family weekend with Cameron

On 13-15 April 2013 United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron spent a family / working weekend with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a castle near Berlin. The meeting gave the opportunity for wide ranging discussions in an informal setting. The two leaders sought to find common ground on an EU-US trade agreement, the fight against tax evasion, regulation and other issues.

The move came after Mr Cameron ruffled feathers in Berlin with his veto against a German-inspired EU treaty on fiscal discipline in December 2011 and a speech earlier in 2013 this year about the need to reassess Britain's role in the EU.

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ESO: Background information: Cameron takes EU reform roadshow to Paris, Berlin and Madrid http://www.europeansources.info/record/cameron-takes-eu-reform-roadshow-to-paris-berlin-and-madrid/

ESO: Background information: Cameron in danger of misreading Merkel http://www.europeansources.info/record/cameron-in-danger-of-misreading-merkel/

BBC News, 12.04.13: Cameron and Merkel set for EU talks http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22119096

Deutsche Welle, 13.04.13: Merkel and Cameron lay groundwork for tax evasion fight http://www.dw.de/merkel-and-cameron-lay-groundwork-for-tax-evasion-fight/a-16742552

The Times, 15.04.13: Cameron-Merkel, a courting couple (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/3677071-cameron-merkel-courting-couple

Blog: Open Europe, 06.02.14: All hail Angela Merkel – No 10 goes all out for the Chancellor http://openeuropeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/all-hail-angela-merkel-no-10-goes-all.html

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