European leaders sat down to drink £130 bottles of wine just hours before crucial budget talks collapsed, with the British blaming EU President Herman Van Rompuy for the embarrassing failure.
European leaders sat down to drink £130 bottles of wine just hours before crucial budget talks collapsed, with the British blaming EU President Herman Van Rompuy for the embarrassing failure.
FLASHES OF ANGER: Prime Minister David Cameron accused the EU of living in a parallel universe. He said he could not make cuts worth billions at home only to agree to an increased EU budget. Picture: Geert Vanden Wijngaer/AP
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Kate Devlin UK Political Correspondent in Brussels
On the menu at the lunchtime meeting was 1992 Chateau Angelus Grand Cru, in a show of opulence that dismayed Britain's delegation in Brussels.
It only added to the feeling summed up by David Cameron, when he accused the EU of living in a parallel universe following the dramatic collapse of more than 40 hours of meetings.
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