London 'under constant attack' from EU directives: Cameron

British Prime Minister David Cameron said London's financial district was under "constant attack" from European Union directives, the BBC reported Friday. During a flight from the EU leaders' summit in Brussels to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, western Australia, Cameron told a BBC reporter that Britain's finance industry should be protected from EU measures.
"London - the centre of financial services in Europe - is under constant attack through Brussels directives," Cameron said. "It's an area of concern, it's a key national interest that we need to defend." Cameron's comments came after Thursday's Brussels summit, where leaders agreed to recapitalise banks across the EU, as part of a major deal to stop the debt crisis from engulfing the euro currency. Cameron's statements coincided with reports that London Mayor Boris Johnson has written to Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission president, to express his strong opposition to a proposed tax on financial transactions.