Cameron: UK 'can do business' with Juncker
David Cameron has insisted he can "do business" with the new President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, despite having vigorously opposed his appointment.
Ed Balls: 'Cameron has lost control, Britain is suffering'
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls said the Prime Minister's actions in Brussels this week were "catastrophe for Britain and the British national interest."
"We won't be influential in the world, unless we are influential in Europe," he told BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show.
"I've never seen a negotiation so cack-handed," Mr Balls said about David Cameron's failure to stop the appointment of Jean-Claude Juncker as the new head of the European Commission.
Mr Balls said about the Prime Minister: "He's weak, he's lost control, he's on the back foot, Britain is suffering. I think it's catastrophic for Britain."
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Who is Jean-Claude Juncker?
It should be no surprise that David Cameron failed to stop such a long-standing EU figure being nominated as European Commission president.
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Cameron channels Monty Python over Europe
The PM's friends in Europe are bewildered that he would rather go down in flames than try for the best deal possible in the circumstances.
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Cameron cruising for Euro-bruising in Juncker election
David Cameron is cruising for Euro-bruising over the election of Jean-Claude Jucker