Cameron spells out EU treaty change concerns
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron demanded safeguards on Thursday to prevent more power going to new European Union financial watchdogs as a condition for backing any change to the EU's...
View ArticlePM to discuss Afghan troops cut
Britain's military force in Afghanistan could be almost halved during 2013 under options to be discussed by David Cameron and security chiefs next week, it was reported.
View ArticleCameron blocks EU treaty change
Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday that he took a "tough but good" decision to block a change to the EU treaty presented by France and Germany as the way to resolve the eurozone debt crisis.
View ArticleBritain out in the cold after EU treaty block
Britain stood out in the cold on Friday after Prime Minister David Cameron, facing a revolt among his own MPs back home, blocked EU treaty changes at a summit here designed to save the eurozone.
View ArticleEurosceptics welcome UK veto move
David Cameron's move to veto EU treaty change has been welcomed as a "very significant" development by eurosceptic Tory MP Mark Reckless who said it should be the start of a new more distant relationship.
View ArticleUK 'mulling early troop pullout from Afghanistan'
Up to 4,000 British troops could leave Afghanistan before the end of 2013 under proposals to be considered by Prime Minister David Cameron next week, a news report said on Friday.
View ArticleCameron defiant on EU treaty veto
David Cameron has dramatically vetoed a European Union Treaty change, risking political isolation and forcing the most far-reaching EU shake-up in decades.
View ArticleCameron's veto defies Europe
Britain faces a new era on the fringes of Europe after David Cameron vetoed a potential EU deal to solve the eurozone crisis last night.
View ArticleBritain will retain influence: PM
Prime Minister David Cameron has insisted that Britain will maintain influence in the European Union after his decision to veto a new treaty designed to stabilise the single currency.
View ArticleEU membership remains in UK interest - Cameron
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Membership of the European Union remains in Britain's national interest, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday, and Britain's influence would remain protected despite...
View ArticleSemi-detached island nation faces EU isolation
LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron has made history by blocking EU treaty change in a move that has isolated Britain and this detachment will define the next chapter in this...
View ArticleUK eurosceptic press jubilant at EU treaty veto
Britain's eurosceptic press on Saturday hailed David Cameron's decision to veto a new EU treaty to tackle the eurozone debt crisis, but other commentators warned London was now dangerously isolated.
View ArticlePress jubilant at EU treaty veto
The press on Saturday hailed David Cameron's decision to veto a new EU treaty to tackle the eurozone debt crisis, although a few commentators warned London was now dangerously isolated.
View ArticleClegg 'fury over Cameron EU veto'
Cabinet tensions over David Cameron's decision to veto a European Union treaty have burst into the open as it emerged that Nick Clegg was privately furious with the Prime Minister.
View ArticleBritons back Cameron's EU veto: poll
A majority of Britons think Prime Minister David Cameron was right to veto a new EU treaty to resolve the eurozone debt crisis at a Brussels summit this week, a new poll revealed Saturday.
View ArticleClegg furious over EU treaty veto - papers
LONDON (Reuters) - Newspapers quoted sources close to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg as saying he was angry with David Cameron for vetoing a new EU treaty, in an apparent sign of widening cracks in...
View ArticleClegg disappointed over euro summit
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has admitted he is "bitterly disappointed" by the outcome of last week's European Council when David Cameron wielded Britain's veto.
View ArticleRussia's Putin under heavy pressure after mass protests
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin faces a huge challenge to restore his dented authority after tens of thousands of people stepped up pressure on him across Russia by staging the largest...
View ArticleMugabe wins party vote but challenged by age, ill health
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was endorsed again by his party to stand for elections expected next year, but analysts say even for a veteran political survivor, the 87-year-old...
View ArticleNew U.N. climate deal struck, critics say gains modest
DURBAN (Reuters) - Climate negotiators agreed a pact on Sunday that would for the first time force all the biggest polluters to take action on greenhouse gas emissions, but critics said the action plan...
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