For deputy PM Nick Clegg, David Cameron's refusal to accept greater European integration could make the UK a "pygmy" in the international arena.
Tory fury at Clegg's "pygmy" insult to Britain – The Daily Mail
Clegg lashes out at Cameron and vows to rebuild ties with Europe – The Guardian
Friday's agreement does not seem to have satisfied the rating agencies. The European Commission is "reduced to a technical role" and "David Cameron takes a risky gamble for Britain."
Europe, a new treaty that fails to dispel all doubts – Les Echos
World leaders attending the Durban climate summit have postponed the fight against global warming. A new agreement should be concluded in 2015.
We will save the world a little later – Gazeta Wyborcza
Washington is reluctant to let the IMF lend money to eurozone countries.
United States hampers euro's saviours – Financial Times Deutschland
After the breakdown of talks between the government, led by Mario Monti, and the unions, the prospect of a general strike in the coming days has loomed.

Monti fails to convince unions – La Stampa
For the first time in twenty years, there has been a presidential elections in the breakaway Moldovan republic. Results, to be announced on December 14, will decide which of the candidates - former House speaker Yevgeny Şevciuc, current Speaker Anatoly Kaminski and outgoing president Igor Smirnov, going for a fifth mandate - will take part in the Christmas day run-off.

Token elections in Transnistria – Adevărul





