Europe’s new ‘dream team’?As we noted in our previous post, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades had sort of spoiled the surprise. Anyway, now it’s official: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has been appointed new European Council President, and Itali…
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As we wrote in our round-up of EU leaders’ doorsteps, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is the favourite for the European Council President post but it was not yet a done deal. However, have we just inadvertently had confirmation that Tusk has landed t…
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Anastasiades, EU top jobs, EUCO, Mogherini, Tusk, Van Rompuy |
EU leaders have all arrived in Brussels for today’s summit. There are two big issues on the table: the appointments of the next European Council President and High Representative for Foreign Affairs; and the worsening situation in Ukraine (although the…
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August 29, 2014
Herman waves goodbye to the European Council Presidency – who will succeed him?As we laid out in our flash analysis yesterday, the outcome of tomorrow’s EU ‘top jobs’ summit is looking increasingly predictable. Italian Prime Minister Mat…
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EU High Rep, EU summit, EU top jobs, European Council, horse-trading, Mogherini, Renzi, Tusk |
July 17, 2014
Yesterday’s European Council summit ended without an agreement on the remaining EU top jobs. However, something interesting still came out of the meeting.A socialist (and a woman?) for next EU foreign policy chiefEU leaders appear to have established t…
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EU top jobs, EUCO, European Council, France, germany, Hollande, italy, Merkel, Mogherini, Poland, Renzi, Tusk |
UPDATE (18:20) – The FT’s Peter Spiegel and Alex Barker are reporting that Belgium’s Karel De Gucht, currently serving as EU Trade Commissioner, could be a late entry into the race for High Representative.Like former Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansi…
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