Alexander: All Cameron’s “phantom veto” did was undermine British influence
With 25 of the European Union’s 27 states agreeing to join a fiscal treaty, more questions are being asked about what exactly David Cameron’s EU veto achieved.
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Will Clegg fight against a Fresh Start on the EU?
Alex Hern reports on the Fresh Start group’s upcoming white paper, and asks what the Liberal Democrat reaction to it will be.
Must the left give up on the EU?
Ben Mitchell argues that being a left-wing supporter of the European Union is getting harder and harder.
Cameron’s walkout is leaving Scotland’s fisheries to rot
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton writes about the damage David Cameron’s abdication of responsibility in the European Union is having on Scottish fisheries.
Public support for Cameron’s EU walkout already unravelling
While the headline post-EU summit poll findings support the prime minister, there are already signs that the public is wary of what has happened.
What exactly did Cameron get from the EU summit?
It now looks increasingly likely the EU26 will be able to use the full spectrum of European Union institutions, undemining David Cameron’s summit ‘success’.
Cameron turns Britain from an outlier into an irrelevance
Cameron’s EU decision must be seen as an opportunity in opposition to both lead and win a debate on the twin issues of the future of multilateralism and Europe.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland savage Cameron’s anti-EU strategy
Ed Jacobs rounds up the withering contempt of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to David Cameron’s pathetic anti-European posturing.
How Cameron traded influence for isolation
David Cameron is already reaping the results of his spectacular misjudgement at Thursday’s EU summit, reports Ben Fox with the latest from Brussels.
The view from abroad: The day Britain locked itself out
Alex Hern rounds up the press responses, both here and overseas, to David Cameron locking Britain out of EU decision making for a generation.