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Gallery: ‘Bye-Bye England’ – how the world’s press saw the EU deal

There were some, er, strong views on show in the British and German media…

10/12/11 6,971 Views 18 Comments

YESTERDAY’S LANDMARK EU deal hit newspaper front pages around the world this morning – with a number of radically different views on show.

Several of the biggest-selling newspapers in Britain hailed Cameron’s decision to wield a veto and keep the UK out of the agreement – with the Sun comparing him to Winston Churchill.

Meanwhile, their counterparts in Germany were equally unrestrained. The country’s bestselling tabloid Das Bild summed it up with its headline “Bye Bye England”.

Here’s our roundup of how the world’s press viewed the deal:

Gallery: ‘Bye-Bye England’ – how the world’s press saw the EU deal
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  • How the world's press saw the EU deal

    The Wall Street Journal took a negative view of the agreement

  • How the world's press saw the EU deal

    "Bye Bye Britain - Europe moves forward without you!" warns Germany's Das Bild

  • How the world's press saw the EU deal

    "Birth of a Europe without London" - El Pais, Spain

  • How the world's press saw the EU deal

    The Guardian, UK

  • How the world's press saw the EU deal

    The UK's Independent turned calls for Britain to leave the EU on their head

  • How the world's press saw the EU deal

    "Crisis in the eurozone: is the worst over?" asks France's Le Monde

  • How the world's press saw the EU deal

    The UK's Daily Mail hailed David Cameron's decision

  • How the world's press saw the EU deal

    The New York Times

  • How the world's press saw the EU deal

    "'Cameron is a coward'" - Der Spiegel, Germany

  • How the world's press saw the EU deal

    The Sun made its feelings clear...
  • The Wall Street Journal took a negative view of the agreement
  • The Guardian, UK
  • The UK's Independent turned calls for Britain to leave the EU on their head
  • The UK's Daily Mail hailed David Cameron's decision
  • The New York Times
  • The Sun made its feelings clear...

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  • Eire 10/12/11 #

    Like it or nor Cameron stood up for his party’s Principles & his country!s interest ! Unlike our Government who lay debt upon debt on its people & continue to pay Unsecured Bond Holders ….the Conservatives have conviction , honour & integrity in their actions with Europe & in that they actually resign when they do wrong. I am in no way a fan of the British establishment and in the words of James Connolly believed that Britain never had any right in Ireland , but the British political establishment believe in their own convictions right or wrong for Europe, they the British Government want to protect their people’s financial institution’s & interests & there is nothing wrong in that … Kenny could learn a thing or two

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    • Tony Skillington 10/12/11 #

      Here here Eire…least the guy had the balls to sit in front of 26 other leaders and stand up fr what he believed…principals may not be the most honourable (ie protecting a corrupt banking system) but ya gotta hand it to him…he did not follow the herd. I’m having a hard time picturing te Widow Twanky doing the same thing or Pink But Perfect….

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    • Jim Walsh 10/12/11 #

      Or you could look at it this way from Channel 4′s economic editor.

      http://blogs.channel4.com/faisal-islam-on-economics/ten-curiosities-about-david-camerons-veto/15844

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    • Peter Carroll 10/12/11 #

      British politicians are the most ruthless, self serving and cynical in Europe. Just look at the craven attitude of the Liberals as one by one the Tories slaughter their sacred cows. Listen to the breathtaking hypocrisy of Ed Balls as he berates the coalition for it’s attempts to bring the public finances under control.
      Camerons veto had nothing to do with Britains interests and everything to do with keeping the Tory eurosceptics in their kennels. If he had any nous about him he would not have used the veto but would have insisted on no change to national control of taxation policy and no European control or regulation of financial institutions.
      Britain needs it’s financial services industry to remain pre- eminent to compensate for it’s perenial balance of trade deficits. He could have kept himself in the negotiations and maintained his red line positions. Even Margaret Thatcher, a genuine conviction politician, unfortunately the wrong convictions, whose most often used term in Europe was NO, never used the veto and was never excluded from the top table.

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    • Tom Hannon 10/12/11 #

      I agree Camaron stood up to His euro counterparts I wander will Mr Kenny fight Ireland corner when it comes to corporation tax.

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    • Hanly Sheelagh 10/12/11 #

      Agreed

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  • Andrew Phipps 10/12/11 #

    Britain, not England

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  • debbie 10/12/11 #

    Roll on the Christmas get that outa the way then worry about what lies ahead hard times well for a while anyways .

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  • Réada Quinn 10/12/11 #

    Not a bit surprised by those headlines. For a country that does not favour nationalist tendencies in others, one could be forgiven suggesting the “look in the mirror” line!

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  • Paul Ó Dubhthaigh 11/12/11 #

    Britain is budgeted to give €57b more to the EU then it receives in the period 2007-2011 (€103b given versus €47b received). If anything withdrawing from the EU and joining Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein in the EEA (European Economic Area — common market with EU) would make financial sense for the UK. They get all the benefits of the common market but without the political integration

    In comparison during that period what we receive from EU is about €600m more then what we contribute (€12b versus €11.4bn). We will be a net contributor to EU budget from 2013.

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  • Gis Bayertz 10/12/11 #

    The German tabloid is “Die Bild”, as in die Zeitung, not “Das Bild”…..

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  • Dave 10/12/11 #

    Hard one to call. On one hand, you have to admire the person who stands alone among 26 other loud voices. On the other, protecting the interests of “the city”, the sort of trash who no doubt helped along the mess we are all in, and were very quick to speculate and joke about Ireland as they were being bailed out themselves.

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  • Brendan Palmer 10/12/11 #

    Perhaps Mr Cameron should look up the word “pyrrhic” in his dictionary

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  • Toureag 10/12/11 #

    Britain has no place for EC if it doesn’t want euro….

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