Another contender to lead the EU… Both Tony Blair and now Jean-Claude Juncker are considered as possible future European Union Presidents, once the Lisbon Treaty comes into force. Yet the contest for the bloc’s new top job is exposing divisions. The British former Prime Mi...
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was much talked-about at the EU summit and beforehand, but his chances of filling the new post of individual EU president have dwindled. The job will be created under the Lisbon Treaty once it is in force. Blair’s past ties with Bush in Iraq and the UK’s ...
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The European Union has turned it’s attention to choosing an executive commission, after electing a new president and foreign affairs chief last night. France and Germany have already staked their claim for top economic and trade positions. Herman Van Rompuy...
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Rounding off coverage of Europe’s launch of new leaders, euronews’ in-house cartoonist harps on Kissinger’s quip which captured the imagination decades ago: ‘Who do I call when I have to call Europe?’ The American foreign policy juggernaut today would get an answer. To get a fix on...
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For an outside look at Europe moving forward, euronews sought out an American expert in international relations who specialises in the EU: Dr. Kathleen McNamara, an associate professor at Georgetown University. euronews: “Symbolism has always been an important part of socia...
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Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Fleming Herman Van Rompuy gained substantial favour as a candidate for the new job of full-time European Union President relatively late in the game. It was his consensus-building skill holding a challenging coalition together at home which grabbed a...
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The choice of Catherine Ashton could be seen as a nod towards understated efficiency rather than the influence of a high-profile big-name diplomat. Some say it was a sop to the UK for turning down their former premier, Tony Blair, but all who know her say Ashton is an astut...
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From now on the US knows who to call if President Obama wants to phone Europe – the old so-called Kissinger question attributed to the former US secretary of state is finally answered. And Barack Obama was quick to lend his support to the naming of the EU’s first president, ...
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