Published on Dec 16, 2011 by Euronews
http://www.euronews.net/ The diplomatic icicles at the latest EU summit have been snowballing in the press.
Neither the French nor the British hid their displeasure. The air hung thick with irritation, and leaders' hands brushed past unshaken.
There was a crackle in the room after London's veto of EU treaty reform proposed by Paris and Berlin.
President Sarkozy weighed his words underscoring the UK's isolation in the agreement reached by 26 of the EU's 27 member countries.
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Deputy PM says remarks by French ministers are unacceptable
Neither the French nor the British hid their displeasure. The air hung thick with irritation, and leaders' hands brushed past unshaken.
There was a crackle in the room after London's veto of EU treaty reform proposed by Paris and Berlin.
President Sarkozy weighed his words underscoring the UK's isolation in the agreement reached by 26 of the EU's 27 member countries.
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Deputy PM says remarks by French ministers are unacceptable
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The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has told France's prime minister that remarks by his government criticising the UK economy are 'simply unacceptable'.
In the last few days tension has been ratcheted up between the two countries as several members of the French government have drawn outspoken and unflattering comparisons between their economy and that of the UK.
The BBC's Hugh Pym reports.
In the last few days tension has been ratcheted up between the two countries as several members of the French government have drawn outspoken and unflattering comparisons between their economy and that of the UK.
The BBC's Hugh Pym reports.
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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says David Cameron's veto of EU treaty changes is "bad for Britain" and could leave it "isolated and marginalised" on the BBC´s interviewed on the Andrew Marr Show are proving correct
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