As European leaders dined on salmon carpaccio, roast beef and artichokes on Tuesday night, the Prime Minister warned them not to "shrug off" last weekend's popular Europe-wide election backlash with business as usual for an EU that was "too big and too bossy".
Following the elections MEPs are pushing to install Jean-Claude Juncker, one of the last prominent supporters of a United States of Europe, as president of the European Commission.
Mr Cameron clashed with François Hollande, the French president, who has refused to accept that his crushing European election defeat at the hands of Marine Le Pen's Front National mean that the EU should scale back ambitions to create a deeper political union.
"They did not vote against Europe but for a Europe that works," he said. "There are some countries that don't want any of the candidates."
The EU assembly has insisted that Mr Juncker should get the job because he was the spitzenkandidat, or leading candidate, of the European People's Party (EPP) which won most seats in Europe-wide elections.
Following the elections MEPs are pushing to install Jean-Claude Juncker, one of the last prominent supporters of a United States of Europe, as president of the European Commission.
Mr Cameron clashed with François Hollande, the French president, who has refused to accept that his crushing European election defeat at the hands of Marine Le Pen's Front National mean that the EU should scale back ambitions to create a deeper political union.
"They did not vote against Europe but for a Europe that works," he said. "There are some countries that don't want any of the candidates."
The EU assembly has insisted that Mr Juncker should get the job because he was the spitzenkandidat, or leading candidate, of the European People's Party (EPP) which won most seats in Europe-wide elections.
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