The Guardian is claiming that "David Cameron's entire European strategy has been thrown into doubt" by Angela Merkel who has abandoned plans to call for a major revision of EU treaties.

Cameron's current strategy (or so we are told), is to wait for the expected IGC, when the "colleagues" planning to go for a treaty revision, and then hijack it with demands to allow repatriation of powers to the UK. The theory was that the threat of a veto would force the issue and give Cameron what he wanted.

However, it is now "understood" that Merkel has given up on the idea of a major treaty revision for the moment, having decided that it is fruitless to push for a treaty revision in the face of strong opposition from France and elsewhere. That would leave Cameron with nowhere to go.

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Hmm, this from Raedders, an eye opener no doubt....


Here.

Draghi, has got the Germans over a barrel, the German taxpayer has been funding the export of German goods all throughout the EZ and when this hits the fan - it's no wonder they don't want any new negotiations [treaty changes etc] or any country rocking the boat [know what I mean John?]. And - no wonder also is Obarmy animated - he must know the real game going on here - Germany needs propping up and what a performer of smoke and mirrors is old goldensachsballs super Mario - single handed and doing all the work of the Brussels mafia.

Barroso, fat Maoist liar and sails serenely on and claims, "the euro is now out of danger!"

It takes a special political ineptitude to back yourself into the corner that Cameron has. His prevarication has signalled weakness to everyone. EU leaders are queueing up to close off his options, making faux Euroscepticism look ever more threadbare, while his indecision only makes hard Eurosceptics feel their position is stronger.

It's almost like a Chancellor getting blame for slashing and cutting while actually doing very little.

Two clots at the top.

Another reason for Cameron to delay the speech again possibly:



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This Faymann can't have met many politicians, it seems...

This is an interesting comment by AEP in the DT - under the heading 'We cannot let America's tactical interest dictate Britain's Sovereign destiny'

Crikey! I was regarded with the suspicion usually reserved for lunatics when we had this discussion in my 6th. form General Studies class (the only subject I was any good at) in the early 1970's. I said that the EC would remove our manufacturing and wreck our agriculture and that we'd be better off staying in, and making a go of, EFTA with like-minded nations such as the Scandinavians, while keeping our Commonwealth commitments. The "ever-closer union" bit wasn't mentioned much then - just Latin hyperbole I suppose if it ever surfaced.

Cameron's a particularly miserable specimen, but it's possible to get too caught up with him.

This business of actually supporting integration but pretending they are not, andthat there's some way to pick the bits we want out of the EU or reform it, has been Tory policy for many years. The reasons they've gone in for this schizophrenic approach are obvious.

If a major long standing policy direction relies on hoodwinking your supporters, you eventually run out of credulous fools. Especially trying when his next move is probably to sell a promise of what he'll do after the next GE.

Cameron inherited this scheme for putting off the question of 'Europe' which had worked well for ages, although he took to it enthusiastically. It isn't possible to resolve it without risking breaking up the Conservative party. He doesn't seem to be a bloke who's likely to come down one side or the other and take the consequences. I'd guess he'd be happy enough if he manages to blag it out until the election without the Tories being torn apart.

A deliberate choice. There will be no continental press, only UK bubble gum shoes.

From Tim Montgomerie


Only confirms what we already knew of course...seems there's a hint in there that Cameron's get out will be he wants to deliver but can't 'cos of those 'pesky Lib Dems'