Didn't take long!
French Europe minister says David Cameron's pledge to reclaim EU powers is 'pathetic' and will leave Britain isolated The Conservatives were accused by the French government tonight of "castrating" Britain's position within the EU by adopting an "autistic" approach that would take Britain off the radar. Speaking to the Guardian, Pierre Lellouche, France's Europe minister, described as "pathetic" the Tories' EU plans announced today, warning they would not succeed "for a minute". Giving vent to frustration across the EU, which has so far only been expressed in private, Lellouche – who said he was reflecting Nicolas Sarkozy's "sadness and regret" – accused William Hague, the shadow foreign secretary, of a "bizarre autism" in their discussions. He said: "They have one line and they just repeat one line. It is a very bizarre sense of autism." snip Abandoning all diplomatic niceties, Lellouche said: "It's pathetic. It's just very sad to see Britain, so important in Europe, just cutting itself out from the rest and disappearing from the radar map …. This is a culture of opposition … It is the result of a long period of opposition. I know they will come back, but I hope the trip will be short." He said Cameron's approach was in line with the Tories' decision to abandon the main centre-right EPP grouping in the European parliament, of which Sarkozy's UMP party is a member. "They are doing what they have done in the European parliament. They have essentially castrated your UK influence in the European parliament," he said. Lellouche said he has told Hague personally that his position was a "waste of time for all of us". "I have told William Hague: go away for two to three years, in your political economic situation you're going to be all by your self and you'll come back. Go ahead and do it. That is my message to them … You want to be marginalised? Well, you go for it. But it's a waste of time for all of us," the French minister said. snip http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/04/france-autistic-tories-castrated-uk? Cam & Co are in for a rude awakening if they seriously think they are going to be able to renegotiate powers back from Brussels. But do they seriously think that?
French Europe minister says David Cameron's pledge to reclaim EU powers is 'pathetic' and will leave Britain isolated The Conservatives were accused by the French government tonight of "castrating" Britain's position within the EU by adopting an "autistic" approach that would take Britain off the radar. Speaking to the Guardian, Pierre Lellouche, France's Europe minister, described as "pathetic" the Tories' EU plans announced today, warning they would not succeed "for a minute". Giving vent to frustration across the EU, which has so far only been expressed in private, Lellouche – who said he was reflecting Nicolas Sarkozy's "sadness and regret" – accused William Hague, the shadow foreign secretary, of a "bizarre autism" in their discussions. He said: "They have one line and they just repeat one line. It is a very bizarre sense of autism." snip Abandoning all diplomatic niceties, Lellouche said: "It's pathetic. It's just very sad to see Britain, so important in Europe, just cutting itself out from the rest and disappearing from the radar map …. This is a culture of opposition … It is the result of a long period of opposition. I know they will come back, but I hope the trip will be short." He said Cameron's approach was in line with the Tories' decision to abandon the main centre-right EPP grouping in the European parliament, of which Sarkozy's UMP party is a member. "They are doing what they have done in the European parliament. They have essentially castrated your UK influence in the European parliament," he said. Lellouche said he has told Hague personally that his position was a "waste of time for all of us". "I have told William Hague: go away for two to three years, in your political economic situation you're going to be all by your self and you'll come back. Go ahead and do it. That is my message to them … You want to be marginalised? Well, you go for it. But it's a waste of time for all of us," the French minister said. snip http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/04/france-autistic-tories-castrated-uk? Cam & Co are in for a rude awakening if they seriously think they are going to be able to renegotiate powers back from Brussels. But do they seriously think that?
"Britain, so important in Europe..."
Yeah! Spot on! You oily Froggy basdid.