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    Commentary: a fuse lit by Cameron in 2005
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    After a bilateral meeting with her French counterpart this year she made a thinly veiled attack on Mr Cameron. "We refuse to stretch out our hand to those who oppose the [EU] Lisbon treaty ... but who at the same time talk about enlargement ... Those who want more [Europe] have to co-operate." Mr Cameron watered down his Europe policy as far as he dared in the hope of avoiding a “massive Euro bust-up”. Full Article at Times Online
    We refuse to stretch out our hand to those who oppose the [EU] Lisbon treaty ... but who at the same time talk about enlargement ... Those who want more [Europe] have to co-operate.
    Angela Merkel – Angela Merkel SOURCE: Times Online 3 weeks ago
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Commentary: a fuse lit by Cameron in 2005
  1. Does anyone really get on with Merkel?
    SOURCE: Times Online 3 weeks ago
  2. He thought it was pretty straightforward — it was intellectually incoherent to be allied to a group whose aims we did not support. I guess we didn’t realise how difficult it was going to be
    SOURCE: Times Online 3 weeks ago
  3. We want the Conservatives to stay with us. It is important politically. If not, we won’t work with you, even on a bilateral level
    SOURCE: Times Online 3 weeks ago
  4. You want to be marginalised? Well you go for it
    SOURCE: Times Online 3 weeks ago
  5. Go away for two to three years, in your political economic situation you’re going to be all by yourself and you’ll come back.
    SOURCE: Times Online 3 weeks ago

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