'Tony Blair was today accused of caving in to France over free trade as he reached a bungled deal on the EU treaty.
European leaders finally agreed on wording for the document at 5am this morning.
But as part of the reform package - which hands control of 51 more policy areas to Brussels - the outgoing Prime Minister cut a deal with the French to wipe the Common Market’s founding principle from the European Union’s aims.
His surprise climbdown came after all-night wrangling from European leaders over the wide-ranging treaty, which is expected to massively extend Euro meddling.'
It was neither a 'surprise' or a 'climbdown'. It was a coldly-calculated move to introduce further centralisation of power against the will of the people - a Blair speciality.
