EU leaders ‘furious’ at David Cameron’s bid to scupper Lisbon Treaty

November 1, 2009 by Infowars Ireland

David Cameron enraged European leaders by writing to the Czech president about the Lisbon Treaty

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David Cameron has been privately criticised by top European leaders for trying to sabotage the Lisbon Treaty, it emerged today.

French president Nicolas Sarkozy, German chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish prime minister Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero were said to have been angered by the Tory leader’s positioning.

They expressed concerns during this week’s European Union summit in Brussels after Mr Cameron wrote to Czech president Vaclav Klaus, who has so far refused to sign the treaty, according to The Guardian,

The letter was sent earlier this month and outlined the Tories’ commitment to hold a referendum on the treaty unless it had been ratified by all 27 member states before they won power.

With the Czech Republic the last EU nation needed to sign the treaty, Mr Cameron’s initiative was seen as an attempt to embolden Mr Klaus to hold firm against ratification.

Mr Sarkozy was also allegedly overheard telling Gordon Brown he was incensed by the letter.

Mrs Merkel and Mr Zapataro apparently made similar remarks, also in private.

The Tories’ relations with the governments of France and Germany have already been strained by Mr Cameron’s decision to quit the mainstream, but federalist, centre-right grouping in the European Parliament. Read full article…