Europe offers the best deal for Britain
It should come as no surprise that American concerns about Britain's relationship with the European Union should have surfaced so publicly. At the state department in Washington the anxiety is expressed in palpable terms, and anyone who has talked with senior US diplomats in London will have gathered just how troubling our closest ally finds this issue.
American desire for Britain to be a significant force in Europe springs from the justifiable belief that, around the European table, the UK most accurately represents its attitudes on those issues that are important to the US. Britain and America talk the same language on defence and trade, even if they do not always agree.… Seguir leyendo »