BRITAIN IN THE EU, is it the beginning of the end?

A few days ago, Britain said 'NO' to Europe. Last week in Brussels, David Cameron vetoed a deal to try and save the single currency and resolve the debt crisis. The British Prime Minister said signing the treaty would have undermined the interests of the City of London. We analyse the fallout of this historic decision.

TALKING EUROPE

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Niccolò RINALDI, Italian MEP Vice-Chair, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
Geoffrey VAN ORDEN, British MEP, European Conservatives and Reformists Group

Show prepared by Marie Billon et Domitille BLANC

Christophe Robeet

Presenter

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