Ukraine in Arabic | Cabinet minsters attack 'cowardly' EU leaders in Juncker row and unite behind Cameron
Kiev/Ukraine in Arabic/Senior Conservatives have called European leaders cowards as they united behind David Cameron in the bitter row over the appointment of Jean-Claude Juncker as the next president of thetelegraphan Commission.
The Prime Minister was left isolated after all but one of his fellow EU leaders picked Mr Juncker at a summit in Brussels.
Mr Cameron had fought the appointment of Mr Juncker, viewed by critics as an ultimate EU insider, because he wanted a candidate who would reform the EU. He was outvoted 26 to 2 on Friday.
Tory Cabinet ministers leapt to Mr Cameron’s defence on Saturday, publicly backing him for his stance in opposing Mr Juncker, the 59-year-old former prime minister of Luxembourg.
Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, accused the other EU leaders of “cowardice” for opposing Mr Juncker in private, only to back him publicly.
The telegraph
