Britain - Mandelson: 'Vetoed EU treaty change posed no threat to UK'. Cable: EU veto 'largely political'

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Peter Mandelson has claimed that the EU treaty change which David Cameron vetoed earlier this month posed no threat to Britain.

He said that the changes were only relevant to eurozone countries anyway - of which Britain is not one - and would not have stood in the way of financial services.

Mr Mandelson was talking to the BBC's Andrew Marr.

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BBC News - Vince Cable: EU veto 'largely political'

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The Business Secretary Vince Cable has admitted that David Cameron's veto of an EU-wide treaty change was "largely political".

Mr Cable was talking to the BBC's Andrew Marr.