{"id":2109,"date":"2014-06-27T11:08:26","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T11:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=2109"},"modified":"2014-06-27T11:08:26","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T11:08:26","slug":"merkel-holds-out-a-hand-to-cameron-in-eu-jobs-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/merkel-holds-out-a-hand-to-cameron-in-eu-jobs-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkel holds out a hand to Cameron in EU jobs row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cameron.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2110\" src=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cameron.jpg\" alt=\"Cameron\" width=\"468\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cameron.jpg 468w, https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cameron-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a>Angela Merkel urged fellow EU leaders to hold out a hand of compromise to Britain\u2019s David Cameron Thursday to defuse a row over the likely nomination of Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission president.<br \/>\nAs EU leaders headed for a summit Thursday expected to be dominated by the worst dispute since the height of the euro crisis, the German chancellor said Cameron\u2019s refusal to back Juncker was not a drama.<br \/>\n\u201cI don\u2019t think it is a tragedy if the vote isn\u2019t unanimous,\u201d she said of a vote on the matter expected to take place Friday on the second and last day of an EU summit.<br \/>\n\u201cTherefore we have to see that we find a high degree of common ground in the questions related to the content\u201d of EU policy in the coming years, Merkel added.<br \/>\nas she joined Europe\u2019s conservative leaders for pre-summit talks in the Flemish town of Kortrijk.<br \/>\n\u201cI think we can find here compromises and make a step toward Great Britain,\u201d she added. \u201cI repeatedly spoke of a European spirit which is needed and which will help us to find good solutions.\u201d<br \/>\nCameron\u2019s vocal campaign to block the nomination of Juncker is set to flop, raising fears this could reinforce a growing push in Britain to exit the European Union ahead of a possible referendum on the issue in 2017.<br \/>\nAfter a last-minute loss of support from the Dutch and Swedish premiers on the eve of the summit, Cameron appears to have only a single ally left in his anti-Juncker drive \u2014 Hungary\u2019s much-criticized Viktor Orban.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/merkel-holds-out-a-hand-to-cameron-in-eu-jobs-row\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angela Merkel urged fellow EU leaders to hold out a hand of compromise to Britain\u2019s David Cameron Thursday to defuse a row over the likely nomination of Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission president. 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