Game, Set and Mismatch; The European Union and the Euro  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 401 no. 8764 (Dec. 2011), page 87-89.
Topik: Political Behavior; International Relations; Economic Summit Conferences
Fulltext: Game, set and mismatch.pdf (60.46KB)

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In December 1991, after a European Union summit in Maastricht that laid the foundations for a single currency, Britain's prime minister, John Major, returned home saying he had won game, set and match for Britain by securing an opt-out. Two decades on, with the euro close to collapse, another Tory prime minister, David Cameron, returned from an all-night summit to be hailed as a conquering hero by his supporters. Mr Cameron had stood alone against 26 leaders in vetoing a revision of the European Union treaties, on the ground that it failed to offer safeguards for Britain's vital financial-services industry. For all the praise showered on Mr Cameron for his British bulldog spirit, the leader who could most boast of winning this time round was Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president. The summit, Mr Sarkozy said, showed that a new Europe is being born. It was split into two camps: one that wants more solidarity and regulation among its members; the other that follows only the logic of the single market. By implication the second, British, camp was a loser.

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