Dr. Oliver Marc Hartwich 13.12.2011 21:32 +Feedback
A British pawn in Europe’s game
What a glorious distraction, what a splendid sideshow! What had been announced as the summit to finally solve the euro crisis became a face-off between Britain and the continent.
After David Cameron had banged Margaret Thatcher’s handbag on the negotiating table, metaphorically speaking, nobody was talking about eurobonds, big bazookas or lenders of last resort any more. Instead, observers were wondering what Cameron’s ‘no’ to a new EU treaty meant for Britain, Europe and Britain in Europe.
But perhaps that was precisely the result that Merkel and Sarkozy desired? Maybe David Cameron did not jump from the European Union cliff as much as he was pushed over the edge? Judging by the British prime minister’s performance in the House of Commons on Monday, there are good reasons to believe that he had been comprehensively outmanoeuvred by continental leaders.
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