I'd veto EU power grab says Cameron

[Cees Binkhorst]

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De kippen rennen alle kanten op, en de richting en snelheid wordt
bepaald op basis van plaats, tijd, de wind en gemiddelde van lokale en
thuistemperatuur.
Kortom op basis van alles en niets (Chicken Little-achtig ;)

Groet / Cees

PS. De Engelse parlementsleden hebben wel belangrijkere dingen aan het
hoofd dan zorgen over Euro en Europa:
The MPs are furious that they have to provide more receipts, are no
longer refunded in full for phone bills, and more checks are being made
on their free travel. Crucially, they are incensed that they are being
forced to pay for expenses up front before being reimbursed. Last night
an extraordinary campaign was even under way to force out the expenses
watchdog.
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1280220/Were-treated-like-benefit-claimants-Returning-MPs-hit-new-expenses-system.html


I'd veto EU power grab says Cameron: PM's threat appeases his party's
Eurosceptics
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1280196/Another-awkward-meeting-Cameron-After-Sarkozy-gears-meet-Merkel-amid-euro-tensions.html
By Jason Groves, Simon Duke and Allan Hall In Berlin
Last updated at 9:59 PM on 21st May 2010

David Cameron yesterday signalled he was ready to veto any EU treaty to
prop up the ailing euro - as he sought to calm pressure within his own
party for a referendum on Europe.

Speaking in Berlin alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mr Cameron
became the first British Prime Minister to threaten a veto since John Major.

His uncompromising language was designed to calm Eurosceptics among his
own MPs, who are unhappy pledges to repatriate powers from Brussels have
been scrapped as part of the coalition deal with the Euro-friendly Lib Dems.

Mr Cameron insisted Britain would not be 'drawn further' into supporting
the single currency and said: 'There is no question of agreeing to a
treaty that transfers power from Westminster to Brussels.

'Britain obviously is not in the euro and Britain is not going to be in
the euro, and so Britain would not be agreeing to any agreement or
treaty that drew us further into supporting the euro area.'

He went on: 'It goes without saying that any treaty, even one that just
applied to the euro area, needs unanimous agreement of all 27 EU states
including the UK, which of course has a veto. I think these are very
important points to understand.'
Mrs Merkel greeted Mr Cameron with a lavish ceremony before the
Reichstag today amid political tensions over the euro

Mrs Merkel greeted Mr Cameron with a lavish ceremony before the
Reichstag today amid political tensions over the euro

But critics suggested he could be forced to concede a referendum if the
EU pushes ahead with plans to impose 'European economic government'.

Britain has already been bounced into backing a £650billion euro
bailout, which could end up costing UK taxthepayers more than £8billion.

Yesterday the Germans used a separate summit of EU finance ministers in
Brussels to push forward a package of measures designed to prevent a
repeat of the Greek crisis which is threatening to bring euro to its knees.

The package is reported to include a proposal that all EU countries,
including Britain, could be forced to have their budgets signed off by
the European Central Bank.

Chancellor George Osborne insisted Britain would not sign up to any deal
that handed fresh powers to Europe.

He said: 'Tax and spending decisions are issues where we are accountable
to Parliament.'

But Mats Persson, director of the Open Europe think tank, said momentum
within the EU suggested that treaty changes lay ahead.

He said: 'If this ends up involving any transfer of powers to Brussels
then the coalition has to call a referendum. The crisis has already
sucked us into the bailout package and there is a clear drive to put new
controls in place, some of which will include the UK.'

Yesterday's mini- summit between Mr Cameron and Chancellor Merkel came
as the German parliament narrowly approved its share of the Greek bailout.

Uncertainty over whether the deal would be passed had seen sharp falls
on stock markets around the world.

London's FTSE 100 index dropped below 5,000 for the first time in seven
months, while fears of a eurozone crisis, have wiped £200billion of the
value of London's blue chip shares since April.

But the U.S. Dow Jones index steadied nerves, rising 100 points to
10169. This helped the FTSE claw back its earlier losses to close down
just 10 points at 5063.

The sense of urgency heightened after it emerged that U.S. Treasury
Secretary Timothy Geithner is flying into Europe next week to hold
emergency talks with Mr Osborne and other European leaders.

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