New EU-wide treaty without the agreement of David Cameron
At a EU-summit the prime ministers of the 27 states of the European Union decided whether or not to change the Lisbon Treaty concerning automatic sanctions for those states who have a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, a requirement to submit their national budgets to the European Commission and a commitment to “balanced budgets” for eurozone-countries.
David Cameron was the only one who did not agree with these changes ignoring warnings that the UK probably will be isolated in future. He insists on having done “the right thing” for his country and added: "We were offered a treaty that didn't have proper safeguards for Britain and I decided it was not right to sign that treaty."
On the one hand, I can understand that Mr Cameron wants to have some safeguards for his own country. Who does not want them?? However, on the other hand, I think as a member of the European Union the UK could do a little bit more for the community which includes not always trying to get as much advantages as possible for signing a treaty.
What's your opinion on this topic?