UK Prime Minister David Cameron has ditched his strongly eurosceptic shadow minister for Europe in favour of a more moderate voice as Europe minister in his new government.
David Lidington is seen as a 'euro-realist' by party members, rather than the arch critic that the MP responsible for the dossier in opposition, Mark Francois is.
His appointment is being viewed as a concession within the coalition with the pro-European Liberal Democrats, although it is a ministerial position o...
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