article_snippet: Paris is attempting to block the creation of a two Euro coin commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo Waterloo .
article_snippet: Britain's £5 coin that has been issued to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo Waterloo .
article_snippet: In an extraordinary intervention, France has blocked plans for a two euro coin to commemorate Wellington’s 1815 victory over Napoleon.
article_snippet: Last night British politicians said France’s reaction to the coin – and Belgium’s
article_snippet: A draft design of the coin was submitted to the Council of the European Union by Belgium in February this year.
article_snippet: A draft design of the coin was expected to go into production next month but France objected to the coin last week, claiming in a letter to the Council of Europe that producing the coin would ‘risk… engendering unfavourable reactions in France’.
article_snippet: A two Euro coin marking the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, in which the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon Bonaparte (pictured), has been proposed by Belgium, where the Battle of Waterloo took place .
article_snippet: While the proposed design of the coin has not been revealed, the proposed design of the coin is understood to have featured a battle scene.
article_snippet: The UK has issued a £5 coin to mark the bicentenary.
highlights_snippet: Belgium, where the historic battle took place, proposed the two Euro coin .
  
highlights_snippet: But French government argues that British victory is a 'negative symbol'
  Letter to EU adds that currency will provoke an 'unfavourable reaction'
  Britain has issued £5 coin to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo .