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David Cameron's use of the EU veto has strained the governing Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition (Photo: University Hospitals Birmingham)

Cameron defends EU veto amid accusations of isolating Britain

In a stormy parliamentary debate highlighting the fall-out with his coalition partner, UK Prime Minister David Cameron struggled to defend his EU veto arguing he had safeguarded financial services from extra regulation, despite Brussels claiming the contrary.

"I went to Brussels last week with one objective: To protect the British national interest and that's what I did," Cameron said Monday (12 December) amid loud outbursts from the opposition and some coalition members.

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David Cameron's use of the EU veto has strained the governing Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition (Photo: University Hospitals Birmingham)

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