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Titolo: Yes, Cameron got it right: Most voters agree with PM vetoing treaty changes - and half think we should now quit the EU

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Yes, Cameron got it right: Most voters agree with PM vetoing treaty 
changes - and half think we should now quit the EU
 
Decisive action boosts Coalition support, wipes out Labour's lead
Two thirds want a referendum on Britain's membership
Concern grows over dominance of Germany in the new-look EU
 
By SIMON WALTERS
Last updated at 11:51 AM on 11th December 2011
 
David Cameron has received overwhelming support from British voters over his 
historic decision to veto changes to the EU Treaty.
The first poll conducted since the acrimonious Brussels summit shows that a 
total of  62 per cent of people agreed with the Prime Minister’s defiant 
stance, with just 19 per cent against.
Furthermore, most people believe the euro is doomed to fail and almost half 
think the EU will break up. They also fear the summit has given too much 
power to Germany.
If there was a referendum today on whether the UK should quit the EU, is 
would be likely to produce a resounding Yes. Nearly 50 per cent say we 
should go our own way, with 33 per cent in favour of staying in.
These figures come as:
Pro-EU Tory Cabinet rebel Ken Clarke, the Justice Secretary, faces a No 10 
showdown with Mr Cameron tomorrow after calling the veto ‘disappointing, 
surprising’ and ‘a strange turn of events’.
It was revealed that French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Mr Cameron his 
conduct was ‘unacceptable’, and that Mr Cameron hit back saying: ‘I’m 
sticking to my guns.’
Chancellor George Osborne clashed with  the BBC’s John Humphrys over claims 
that the Corporation reports of the veto were ‘biased’  in favour of the EU.
Well-placed sources confirmed pro-EU Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg was 
not contacted personally by Mr Cameron in the hours before he used the veto.
Lib Dem peer Lord Oakeshott challenged Mr Clegg, saying he ‘must stop 
Cameron cringing to the Tory rabid Right and get him back to the EU 
negotiating table’.
Amid the frenetic recriminations following the summit, the poll shows Mr 
Cameron’s dramatic move to set Britain on a separate course from the other 
26 nations in the EU is wholeheartedly endorsed by voters.
The summit triumph has also wiped out Labour’s lead in the opinion polls. 
Both Labour and the Conservatives are now on 35 per cent, with the Lib Dems 
on 14.
According to the exclusive poll for The Mail on Sunday, nearly two-thirds of 
voters believe the new EU initiative, designed to save the euro by imposing 
tough economic controls on bankrupt European countries, is probably a waste 
of time.
 
A total of 65 per cent say the euro currency is doomed, with fewer than one 
in five convinced it will survive. And there is a clear consensus that the 
rot is likely to spread to the EU institution itself. Almost half of voters 
say it will shatter, with just 29 per cent confident it will stay intact.
The survey also suggests that Mr Cameron’s bold stance – hailed as a great 
triumph by Tory MPs – has served to whet the appetite of voters who want him 
to go further.
 
Two in three want a referendum on Britain’s future in Europe with just 22 
per cent against. Calls for Mr Cameron to press home his advantage and 
demand that Brussels hands back more powers to London produce an almost 
identical level of support.
The public are in no doubt that despite all the grandstanding by French 
President Nicolas Sarkozy, Mr Cameron came off best in Brussels.
 
When asked if the Prime Minister had done well from the negotiations, more 
than half agreed. In comparison, German Chancellor Angela Merkel scored 44 
per cent with Mr Sarkozy languishing in third place on 35.
Interestingly, as Britain steps back from Europe, there is growing 
nervousness at the advance of German influence in the new-look EU. Seven out 
of ten say the summit has given too much power to Germany – with a mere 13 
per cent disagreeing.
Nor is the jittery feeling restricted to Britain. Warning of a backlash, an 
article in leading German newspaper Der Spiegel said: ‘We are going to have 
to put up with a bit of Germanophobia.’
Charles Grant, director of the London based Centre for European Reform think 
tank, said: ‘For the first time in the history of the EU, the Germans are 
now in charge.’
Survation interviewed 1,020 people online on Friday evening and Saturday.
 
Read more: 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2072616/David-Cameron-got-right-Most-voters-agree-PM-vetoing-EU-treaty-changes.html#ixzz1gFDBxxvA
 
 

 changes - and half think we should now quit the EU
 
Sono convinto che sia così, ed è perfettamente logico (anche se non 
necessariamente tecnicamente corretto, anzi).
 
Però aspettiamo qualche sondaggio un po' meno interessato di quelli del 
DM per essere sicuri che Cameron abbia azzeccato la ventata 
dell'opinione pubblica.
 
 
-- 
Quando ti incontro per la strada ti darei calci nei denti. Ma forse non 
li senti.
E' meglio se ti rullo di kartoni (kartoni).

 pubblica.
 
al di la del fatto che il Daily Mail sia orientato a destra gli umori 
generali sono quelli descritti. Sulle percentuali è chiaro che il DM 
probabilmente ha pescato più nel bacino dei suoi lettori. Ad ogni modo il no 
di Cameron è ampiamente condiviso. La questione della mera adesione alla UE 
è un discorso più complesso.