François Hollande’s “non” was diplomatic but unambiguous. Amending the EU treaties, the French president told British PM David Cameron at their pub lunch summit at the Swan Inn in Swinbrookon on Friday last, is “not a priority”. Nor was it particularly surprising. France has had a bad experience with treaty changing, its people having, with the Dutch, voted down nine years ago, killing off, the draft EU constitution. And why anyone would expect a French Socialist to open the door to a British social policy opt-out is unclear.
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