London under fire over its EU presidency

London has drawn criticism for its performance at the helm of the EU, with French ex-president Valery Giscard d’Estaing suggesting the UK has achieved "very little", and the EU budget commissioner questioning slow progress towards a deal on the bloc’s future spending.

A debate has sparked in the British media over the last fews days about the state of London's EU presidency.

The papers have been quoting EU diplomats' complaints about the lack of leadership in the presidency while ...