Euro row a blow to Franco-British camaraderie

The warm smiles and backslapping when Nicolas Sarkozy and David Cameron feted their Libyan victory in September were a distant memory this week as the French leader shoved Britain aside to make way for a new treaty to save the euro. […] Relations are intact, » Sarkozy’s top diplomatic adviser Jean-David Levitte said in Vienna on Saturday, stressing that Britain’s divergence from Europe did not affect its partnership with France in defence and foreign affairs. […]