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Prime Minister David Cameron's veto on the EU deal to save the Euro on 9 December was the second biggest story in UK newspapers last month, according to data provided by Precise. 

The UK leader's veto, which came after European leaders refused to offer safeguards for the City of London, garnered 602 mentions in British broadsheets and 297 mentions in the tabloids. 

Cameron's move was simultaneously condemned by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and lauded by domestic Eurosceptics.

The French president was quoted as describing David Cameron's behaviour as that of a 'stubborn child'.

At home Eurosceptic Tory MP Mark Reckless described the development as 'very significant'.

'The prime minister has been as good as his word. He said he would not agree to a new treaty unless he was able to safeguard the interests of the City,' Reckless said. 

Coverage of the Eurozone again dramatically dominated UK tabloid and broadsheet newspapers for the fourth month running with 1,951 mentions in broadsheets and 469 in the tabloid press. 

The number of Eurozone mentions for UK broadsheets were down 795 mentions from the November 2011 highpoint of 2,746 mentions.

The third and fourth biggest stories of December were the Christmas Sales and the death of North Korea's former leader Kim Jong-il.

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