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Sarkozy 'sick' of Cameron interference in euro crisis
French President Nicolas Sarkozy snapped at UK Prime Minister David Cameron during Brussels talks on Sunday, saying he was "sick of him telling us what to do" according to the British newspaper the Guardian.
By News Wires (text)
AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy launched a scathing attack on British Prime Minister David Cameron at Sunday's EU summit, saying he was "sick of him telling us what to do," Britain's press reported.
During talks in Brussels to resolve the eurozone debt crisis, the French leader accused Cameron of "interfering in our meetings", British newspapers The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph reported, citing diplomatic sources.
"We're sick of you criticising us and telling us what to do," Sarkozy reportedly told Cameron.
"You say you hate the euro, you didn't want to join and now you want to interfere in our meetings," he added.
Another newspaper, The Times, also reported that a row had erupted, but did not give exact details.
Tempers frayed over Sarkozy's insistence that only the 17 members of the eurozone attend a bank rescue summit meeting hastily arranged for Wednesday, according to the Telegraph.
Cameron convinced those at the meeting that all 27 EU members should be invited, and British newspapers reported on Monday that Cameron had cancelled his planned trips to New Zealand and Japan in order to attend.
Cameron earlier warned that countries outside the eurozone risked being frozen out amid efforts for a pooled response to the crisis crippling the 17-nation single currency bloc.
"What you've got happening in Europe at the moment is eurozone countries coming together recognising that they've got to do more things together and frankly it's in Britain's interest that they do sort out the problems they've got," said Cameron after the summit.
"But there is a danger ... that as this eurozone coming together happens, there is a risk that those countries outside the euro ... might see the eurozone members starting to take decisions that affect the single market."
Cameron is under pressure at home as eurosceptic backbenchers within his own Conservative party look set to defy him in Monday's vote on an EU membership referendum.
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EU fiasco
Sarkozy comes across as a silly little man trying to be big.He shelters behind the German petticoat. France will be a much better place if they get rid of him come the election
British interference in Euro Zone
Is the arrogant british in the Euro zone? No, In fact l still dont know what the british have contributed to the Eurpean Union since they join couple of years ago. The British are against what others are doing , their area is interets is different they are warriors, even today their they sold everything in their country and they live on the stolen money from Africa and else where. Mr Cameron SHUT UP.
Euro
By looking on Euro situation I can say that Eurozone could benefit from its' currency by impousing "green taxes" in near future. It's make sense to keep Euro then, because the taxes spreads on all the countries whithin Eurozone, including airspace and undeground! Air pollution, water pollution, ect - that included America, Far Eastern, Middle Eastern and Asian countries, African, Russia and formal USSR could be taxed for flying over EU and polluting air or polluting water with chemical waste. We talk of equality - well, it goes for everyone then!!!!
Sarkozy et Cameron
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I'm not sure M. Sarkozy's balls are still attached - he's lucky he had the child in time. I think they are in Angela's handbag...
UK/Eurozone
I am a committed European, I wish to remain so, but the shenanigans of the Conservative party in the UK tells me that I feel Europe would be best served by telling this country to shove off, and stay the island, with it's island mentality, it really is.
Maybe if the motion came from Europe, instead of as the Tories would have it, from the UK, we would wake up and realise that
De Gaulle was, in part, right when he said Non! Non! Non! to our application to join in the first place.
Why should our Euro friend tolerate the attitude so badly demonsrated by our political hierarchy?
Should we be actually kicked out, then I for one would have to consider my situation, and, if it were financially possible, I would be booking a one way trip on a cross channel ferry for myself and my goods and chattels.
Hopefully, the current wave of Occupy Wall Street movements across the globe will do much to cement the closeness of the 27 Eu states, or maybe 26 if the UK decides( or has it decided for it), whilst bringing in a new dawn towards Europe being homogenised into a far more close knit entity.
If my country cannot bring itself to be part of that, then so be it, but I fear we will be the loser in this, hence my personal view regarding the lack of attachment we seem to demonstrate to being a true partner in the EU.
Yes indeed, we do trade with the main EU to the declared 40% of our business, but I feel the EU is not as dependant on OUR input as we are on the EU's importation of our output.
This off shore island economy is not the only place on earth that can deliver to the EU, and I suggest, before the EU decides we are not really necessary to it's economic health, we start taking matters on board that essential to our economic health and cease this constant and annoying attitude that we are somehow living on a a separate planet to our current 26 partners in the EU.
The End of a empire
Little England no longer rules the waves.
sakozy sick of cameron
finally i am glad somebody had the balls to tell mr cameron to go fly the kyte.
Eurozone
Cameron ,just keeping his illiterate English in Broadcasting ,Media,and masses happy,talking about the Eurozone.A vote in the House of Commons will be defeated,unfortunately our thicko's in the media and broadcasting can.t do they sums in Arithmetic.Just cosmetic crap from our Ignorant Island.
Sarkozy and Cameron
I think that in this case Cameron is correct to state that ALL 27 EU countries should be represented at the next meeting of the Eurozone members. The monumental foul-up of the economies of the Eurozone impacts hugely on those outside of the E-zone as well as those inside the E-zone. Whatever is decided needs to ensure that those outside of the E-zone are not put at a disadvantage because of the rules not being applied by E-zone members in the first place.
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