NiceToMeetEU » Belgium http://www.nicetomeeteu.com Explicitly european... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:39:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 A compromise candidate (obviously) from Belgium http://www.nicetomeeteu.com/2009/11/a-compromise-candidate-obviously-from-belgium/ http://www.nicetomeeteu.com/2009/11/a-compromise-candidate-obviously-from-belgium/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:34:05 +0000 Sebastian http://www.nicetomeeteu.com/?p=918
  • Go, Tony, go…? Who will be our pan-European president? If you still think it will be Tony Blair, you should read Jean Quatremer’s latest blog entry.  It’s a nicely written summary of the quest for the president of the European Council up to this day. It seems that the race, described two weeks ago by The Economist as “a contest [...]...
    • ]]>     Herman Van Rompuy, the Belgian PM, could become the EU’s first president of the European Council. Newspapers report he’s the only contender whose candidature was not rejected by any member state.

    I don’t know what is Van Rompuy’s view on this high-powered job. What I remember very well, however, is that it wasn’t all that easy to convince him to become Belgium’s prime minister. Being the only “compromise candidate”, he agreed (or rather: was forced) to take the job in the climate of a deep political crisis.

    The European Council needs a president able to find a consensus among the European leaders and Van Rompuy’s political career n Belgium undoubtedly equipped him with consensus-building skills. He’s also said to be a very intelligent and friendly person…

    Will this suffice to make our PM the first EU president?

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