Cameron Negotiates U.K.’s Isolation in EU

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron

By Gonzalo Vina and Rebecca Christie

Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain refused to sacrifice sovereignty to save the euro, remaining outside an agreement by European nations to tighten budget rules.

Cameron broke ranks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel after he failed to secure safeguards that would have stopped European Union plans to police financial services in London, Europe’s trading hub.

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