January 14, 2013
In an interview with Estonian daily Postimees, the country’s bow-tie wearing President, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, said that he is opposed to the idea of directly electing the President of the European Commission (something the Germans are quite keen on). H…
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April 21, 2011
This is a bit risqué (or the picture at least), but latest on the grapevine is that Arnie ‘I’ll be back’ Schwarzenegger could be eyeing up his chances as next European Council President.According to his chief of staff, “In the next few years, the EU w…
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May 5, 2010
In an interview with Le Pèlerin Magazine, Herman Van Rompuy reveals that he tried everything in his power not to become EU President. “Until the last minute, I did anything I could to refuse this appointment”, he says, adding that he even asked …
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March 29, 2010
Following the infamous “Obama snub”, the ‘EU as global power’ project has suffered another humiliating dressing down this week. This time the reality check comes from the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy, who, in hi…
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February 3, 2010
The Obama “snub” continues to gather headlines in today’s papers. PJ Crowley, the US Assistant Secretary of State, today confirmed that the uncertainty created by the new posts created under the Lisbon Treaty had been a major factor in Obama’s decision…
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November 20, 2009
See here for Open Europe’s reaction to the outcome of yesterday’s EU summit.According to the Telegraph the UK’s Cathy Ashton was told at 5pm yesterday that she had been put forward for the job. Two hours later she had bagged the job and was celebratin…
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November 19, 2009
Rumours are swirling thick and fast from the EU summit in Brussels…Apparently Herman Van Rompuy is still leading the pack as the frontrunner for the EU President job – especially now that Merkel and Sarkozy are doing their best to stitch it up for hi…
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November 16, 2009
There’s some interesting background on the frontrunner for the Presidency of the European Union, Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy.Last week, he laid out his views on how the EU’s budget should be financed in the future at a dinner of the secretive Bilder…
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October 14, 2009
Open Europe organised an event at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester last week, entitled “What priorities for a Conservative government in Europe?” You can read a summary of the event here or, for the really keen, listen to a recording.A c…
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In the corridors of the European Parliament today Lib Dem MEP Chris Davies climbed onto a chair and announced his bid to apply for the prestigious new role of EU President, should the Lisbon Treaty come into force.Challenging the idea that the role sh…
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