'He f****d it up, he doesn't get it': Poland's Foreign Minister turns on his friend Cameron over EU demands in leaked tape
Radek Sikorski, who was in the infamous Bullingdon Club with Boris
Johnson at university in Oxford, accused Mr Cameron of 'incompetence'
and 'stupidly' pandering to his eurosceptic backbenchers.
'He f****d it up, he doesn't get it': Poland's Foreign Minister turns on his friend Cameron over EU demands in leaked tape
- Radek Sikorski recorded lashing out at Cameron's renegotiation strategy
- The Polish foreign minister was a fellow member of Oxford Bullingdon club
- But in leaked tape he slams plan to reform EU and hold referendum in 2017
- Comes as Cameron faces double defeat in Brussels over reform plans
- PM was today handed EU's five year manifesto by Herman Van Rompuy
- But list of EU 'priorities' makes no mention of Cameron's renegotiation plan
- PM also facing defeat in bid to block Jean-Claude Junker becoming president
- Cameron has vowed to go down fighting over the Junker's appointment
- Arch federalist is set to made European Commission president on Friday
David
Cameron's bid to renegotiate Britain's relationship with the EU has been
ridiculed by Poland's Foreign Secretary in explosive private recordings
leaked to the country's media.
Radek
Sikorski, who was in the infamous Bullingdon Club with Boris Johnson at
university in Oxford, accused Mr Cameron of 'incompetence' and
'stupidly' pandering to his eurosceptic backbenchers.
He
said the Prime Minister had 'f****d up' trying to veto the last
European treaty and would fail in his bid to overhaul Britain's
relationship with Brussels unless they offer Poland a 'mountain of
gold'.
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Polish Foreign
Minister Radek Sikorski was a member of the Bullingdon Club at Oxford
with Boris Johnson. David Cameron was also a member
Mr Cameron's plan to overhaul
Britain's relationship with Europe has been ridiculed by Mr Sikorski in
private remarks secretly recorded and leaked to the press
The
bombshell remarks were published in Poland after a series of covert
recordings of government ministers were leaked to the magazine Wprost.
The
country's former finance minsiter Jacek Rostowski also predicts that Mr
Cameron will lose the next election. He added that Poland will tell the
UK to 'f**k off' when Mr Cameron demands an end to freedom of movement
rules.
In
a separate conversation Pawel Gras, the Polish Prime Minister Donald
Tusk's media spokesperson reveals that Mr Cameron was given a dressing
down over attacks on Polish immigrants claiming benefits.
Mr
Gras: 'The whole thing was stupid. Donald called him at once to discuss
it, he had such a go at him, I mean f*** it’s a shame we didn't record
it, he had a such a proper f****** go at him.
The conversations allegedly took place at some point this Spring.
Finance
Minister Jacek Rostowski said: '[Cameron] thinks he’ll go renegotiate
and come back, no Polish government could agree to it. Except in return
for a mountain of gold.'
The
Foreign Minister Mr Sikorski replied: 'It's either a very badly thought
through move, or, not for the first time a kind of incompetence in
European affairs. Remember? He f***** up the fiscal pact. He f***** it
up. Simple as that.
'He
is not interested, he does not get it, he believes in the stupid
propaganda, he stupidly tries to play the system... his whole strategy
of feeding [his critics] scraps in order to satisfy them is just as I
predicted, turning against him.
'He
should have said, f*** off, tried to convince people and isolate [the
sceptics]. But he ceded the field to those that are now embarrassing
him.'
Mr Rostowski then said: 'For the Polish government to agree, someone will have to give us some mountain of gold.
'The
Brits won’t give it to us, and the Germans, in order to keep the Brits
on board, won’t give it to us either in all likelihood.
'So
the answer will be: f*** off... [the impact of a Brexit] will generally
be bad for us, because we would like for Great Britain to stay.
'I
think it’ll be the case that [Cameron] will lose the elections. Great
Britain will leave. Once they do, they’ll keep open borders. Not for
[gypsy] beggars…'
The revelations came after it emerged Mr
Cameron was facing a double defeat in Brussels over his bid to reform
the EU, according to leaked EU documents.
The Prime Minister is expected to lose his
fight to stop the hardline pro EU candidate Jean-Claude Juncker
becoming the next European Commission president. A vote of EU leaders on
Friday is expected to rubber stamp his appointment.
Mr Cameron is fighting against the
appointment of Mr Juncker (right) because of his backing for 'ever
closer union' of European states
But
in a second setback, it has emerged today that Mr Cameron's plan for a
widespread overhaul of Britain's relationship with Brussels has not been
included in a list of the EU's 'priorities' for the next five years.
Mr Cameron has promised an in-out referendum in 2017 after renegotiating the UK's place in Europe.
But the
Prime Minister was presented with a confidential blueprint of the EU's
plans today with no mention of the planned reforms.
Mr
Cameron held a 'full and frank' talks over the appointment of Mr Junker
with European Council chief Herman Van Rompuy in Downing Street today.
The Prime Minister spelt out that he is determined to fight 'until the end' against the appointment of Mr Junker.
Mr
Cameron made clear that if Mr Juncker's name is tabled on Friday, he
will demand a vote on his nomination - an unprecedented move in a
process which is normally agreed by consensus.
Mr Juncker, the former Luxembourg Prime Minister, has faced hostile briefing by opponents over his drinking habits
Following
their meeting, Mr Cameron wrote on his Twitter feed: 'I had a full and
frank discussion with Herman van Rompuy. I told him there must be a vote
on Commission president.'
Following
the 40-minute meeting Number 10 said Mr Van Rompuy had agreed to work
through the practicalities of holding a vote after Mr Cameron made clear
that he was not prepared to back down, despite facing almost certain
defeat.
With
a majority of EU leaders - including Germany's Angela Merkel - throwing
their weight behind Mr Juncker's candidacy, the Prime Minister looks
certain to be outvoted under the qualified majority system, and is
thought unlikely to secure enough support even to form a blocking
minority of four or more member states.
This
morning Mr Cameron said he will go to Thursday's summit in Brussels
'giving a very clear message that this is a point of principal for
Britain and I believe an important point of principal for Europe'.
He
said: 'The head of the European Commission should be appointed by the
properly elected heads of government and heads of state that sit around
the European Council table.
'That
is a point of principle for me, that is why it is very important that
we have a vote, we have a clear expression about this.'
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