PRIME Minister David Cameron proved the British political right is the world’s stupidest by refusing the European summit deal on fiscal reform under pressure from narrow financial lobby interests, the head of France’s financial sector regulator said yesterday.

Climate negotiators from the world’s biggest polluters have failed to agree on specific goals for cutting emissions of gases that cause global warming.

Minister for European Affairs Dick Roche today held talks on the Reform Treaty in his Co Wicklow constituency with his French counterpart.