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Proceeding contribution from Peter Tapsell (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 12 December 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on EU Council.

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May I declare my admiration and full-hearted support for my right hon. Friend at this definitive moment in his first premiership, and query whether this Brussels summit achieved anything of strategic value to protect the threatened European banking system? Without the long-delayed and still unpromised massive support of the European Central Bank and the Bundesbank, the euro is doomed—[Hon. Members: ““Doomed!””] Yes, doomed—and as Chancellor Merkel has said, the European Union is doomed with it.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
537 c526 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Banks EU countries Financial services Financial institutions EU internal trade EU action Economic and monetary union Euro Referendums Treaties Regulation UK membership of EU European Council
Link
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