Camerons misstag

I BBCs bevakning av EU-toppmötet hittade jag en kommentar som är värd att lägga på minnet:

Edward McMillan-Scott, a former Tory MEP who defected to the Lib Dems in 2010, said Mr Cameron’s decision in 2009 to pull the Conservatives out of the EPP, which includes Germany’s centre-right Christian Democrats, had rebounded on him. ”David Cameron burnt his boats by leaving the mainstream Christian Democrat, conservative group in the European Parliament, the party of Angela Merkel,” he told the BBC News Channel. ”The consequence is that he has no real friends. He is not part of any network in Europe any more. Therefore, it is all telephone diplomacy and it has not worked.”