EU Budget
‘We are the voice of the people’: the MEPs planning to block the EU Budget cut
The EU budget ‘victory’ cheers go on in the Commons, but the facts seem to have been lost in the Prime Minister’s ‘triumph’. What the cheering Tories can’t quite grasp… Continue reading
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EU Budget: Cameron shows off his strong negotiating hand
David Cameron could barely contain himself when he addressed MPs on his victory in last week’s EU budget talks. ‘I didn’t quite get a thank you!’ he jeered at Ed… Continue reading
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Victorious PM paints himself as Camileo the EU heretic
In his victory address after the successful EU Budget deal this afternoon, David Cameron sought to paint himself once again as a Galileo-style EU heretic who spoke truth to power.… Continue reading
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EU Budget: Beware the European Parliament’s veto power
James Forsyth seems as happy as any Tory today, cheered by David Cameron’s prowess in the EU Budget negotiations. Even better for Cameron, he says, is the idea that the… Continue reading
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EU budget victory: What does Cameron do next?
The Haribo they were eating all night clearly worked: European leaders have just agreed on the first budget cut since the EU’s formation. All credit to David Cameron for getting… Continue reading
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Cameron closes in on EU Budget success
The news coming back from Brussels is all pretty good for David Cameron, as Isabel noted this morning. He’s not isolated and looks set to succeed in his fight to… Continue reading
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Historic EU Budget cut on the cards for Cameron
EU leaders have just left their negotiations over the EU budget for a two hour break and so far it’s looking very, very positive for the Prime Minister. Perhaps David… Continue reading
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Cameron in tight spot as he refuses to budge on EU Budget
David Cameron caused a stir today by walking, yes, walking, into the meeting of European leaders in Brussels to discussed the multiannual financial framework. Other leaders arrived in their cars.… Continue reading
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Cameron at pains to show Britain was not isolated in EU Budget talks
David Cameron took great pains in his statement to the Commons on the EU budget summit to emphasise the alliances that Britain had formed in trying to keep the budget… Continue reading
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‘Cameron will not turn back’: EU budget summit under threat
Will David Cameron be denied his veto moment after all? Brussels sources appear to think the European Union budget summit on 22 and 23 November could still be cancelled. A… Continue reading
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Angela Merkel: I can’t imagine UK quitting the EU
David Cameron and Angela Merkel are eating dinner together tonight, over which they will discuss the forthcoming European Budget summit. The discussion may make even the sweetest crème brûlée taste… Continue reading
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Ken ‘clarity’ Clarke says EU budget veto would be ‘absurd’
Wise gamblers could do worse than to place a hefty bet every time Ken Clarke expresses an opinion that he’ll have to clarify it shortly afterwards. The minister without portfolio… Continue reading
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Nick Clegg: There is not a cigarette paper between me and the PM on EU budget
The morning after the government’s defeat on the EU budget, Nick Clegg has offered his own advice on the British negotiating position. The Deputy Prime Minister gave a speech to… Continue reading
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Don’t blame the whips for the EU budget revolt: the problem is higher up
What is striking about this evening’s revolt on the EU budget is that it was organised at lightning speed by the rebel camp. Mark Reckless and Mark Pritchard only tabled… Continue reading
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EU budget: full list of Tory rebels
The Press Association has published its analysis of the division lists, which finds 51 Conservative rebels, along with two tellers. Here is the list of those who voted for a… Continue reading
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Government suffers humiliating defeat on EU budget
The government has just suffered an embarrassing defeat on the EU budget. The rebel amendment, which called for a cut rather than the real terms freeze David Cameron is proposing,… Continue reading
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EU budget: Focus on Labour’s chutzpah
The opening exchanges of the Commons debate on the EU budget were, on the whole, rather good for the Prime Minister. They involved Greg Clark making a concerted attack on… Continue reading
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Government expects to lose EU budget vote
While the rebel whips are still rounding up Tory MPs to vote against the government on the EU budget motion, which starts in the Commons shortly, a senior government source… Continue reading
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David Cameron reassures MPs that he’d prefer a cut in EU budget
The Prime Minister needed to reassure his own side at PMQs today on the EU budget and give his whips something to work with. He largely did that, saying almost… Continue reading
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Why David Cameron can threaten to veto the EU budget
When in 1996 the US Congress threw out Bill Clinton’s Federal budget they precipitated a partial shutdown of the US Government. However, anyone looking at the growing prospect of a… Continue reading
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