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Cameron's lonely battle at EU summit |
2014-06-28 |
[CSMONITOR] British Prime Minister David Cameron ... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ... is facing one of the most public defeats of his career in his opposition to whom will next head the European Commission. His insistence that Jean-Claude Juncker is the wrong man for the job, despite the fact that most European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... leaders have rallied around the former prime minister of Luxembourg, has left Mr. Cameron isolated. Germany's Die Welt newspaper labeled him "the loneliest man in Europe." Heading into the EU summit today, where the nomination of Mr. Juncker could be sealed, Cameron did not back down, but pushed even harder, positioning himself for a humiliating setback. |
Posted by:Fred |