DAVID Cameron adopted a tough line at the second attempt by Europe's leaders to set the EU's seven-year budget.
DAVID Cameron adopted a tough line at the second attempt by Europe's leaders to set the EU's seven-year budget.
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Michael Settle
The Prime Minister insisted that if the numbers on the Brussels table did not come down, then there would not be a deal.
An anxious atmosphere hung over the early talks as they were delayed with attempts made to get David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande into the same room to agree the broad parameters of a compromise settlement that could see a few billion pounds knocked off the original proposal that was just shy of one trillion euros for the years 2014 to 2020.
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