First Minister Carwyn Jones warns that David Cameron’s European veto poses threat to Welsh interests

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Publication Date 13/12/2011
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First Minister for Wales Carwyn Jones said on the 12 december 2011 that UK Prime Minister David Cameron's European veto at the European Council on the 9 December 2011 posed a serious threat to Welsh manufacturing industry.

He also warned that isolating the UK from the rest of Europe increased the chances of a Yes vote in the forthcoming referendum on Scottish independence.

Mr Jones told journalists in Cardiff: 'I am very worried that Wales could be disadvantaged by the Prime Ministers anti-European rhetoric, which is designed to appease Tory Eurosceptics. I dont want investors to be put off bringing jobs to Wales because of concerns that their access to the EU market could be at risk'.

Source Link http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/12/12/first-minister-carwyn-jones-warns-that-david-cameron-s-european-veto-poses-threat-to-welsh-interests-91466-29942261/
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