France24 (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The speaker of the German parliament, an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, backs Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Juncker for European Union president, a press report cited him as saying on Friday. "If the criteria for choosing the (EU's) first president are experience, reputation, competence and profile, then we don't need to look any further, because nobody meets these requirements more perfectly than...
European Union Law (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Fondation Robert Schuman is giving you a unique opportunity – to choose the first President of the European Council! Naturally, your vote won’t be counted during the summit next week, but then – who knows? You can choose from Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Jean-Claude Juncker, Tony Blair, Herman Van Rompuy and Jan Peter Balkenende. [...]
BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Tallinn - Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the incumbent president of the small Baltic state of Estonia, became the latest name Thursday to enter the race for the job of European Council President. The Baltic News Service reported that Prime Minister Andrus Ansip told a news conference in Tallinn: 'I put forward... the name of Toomas Hendrik Ilves as a candidate fit for the position of both president and high...
NEWS AND PROPHECY (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Is the prophesied first beast of revelation emerging from its matrix? EU Summit to Choose President; Van Rompuy Is Favorite… (Update2) By Johan Carlstrom and Jonathan Stearns Bloomberg.com NEWS Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union will hold a summit on Nov. 19 to choose its first president and foreign minister, with Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy and ex- Italian leader Massimo...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg's prime minister, will be accompanied by Jean-Claude Trichet, the European Central Bank president, and Joaquín Almunia, the EU's economic affairs commissioner, to China
The anger of a Quiet Man (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Didn't take them long, soon after Lisbon was signed they're up and running to take away British representation on the IMF. 'Lisbon Treaty should mean single EU seat on IMF board' Simon Johnson, a former IMF chief economist, said that the passing of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, should accelerate moves towards a common European position in international economic institutions. The Lisbon Treaty will...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
DOES Peter Kilfoyle really want Jean-Claude Juncker, Paavo Lipponen, Herman Van Rompuy, Felipe Gonzales or Jan Peter Balkenende to be President of the European Council?
Sunday Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Several prestigious domestic and European job vacancies will be filled in the coming weeks. In Europe, the EU is set to get its first president and Ireland will appoint Charlie McCreevy's successor to the European Commission. At home, two people will be elected to the Seanad, and there may even be a vacant position on the European Court of Auditors in Luxemburg. So where are the vacancies, who are...
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
By Shamik Das / @ShamikDas Will he, won't he? Each day the pendulum swings to and fro on the question of whether or not Tony Blair will become president of the European Council. Yesterday, the odds looked good; today, sadly, it seems marginally less likely, though while still there's hope he must continue to fight. It should be a no-brainer for Labour party members, Britain as a whole and pro-Europeans...
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Tony Blair's chances of becoming the EU's first president were fading tonight, says The Times , as opposition to the move grew across Europe and France and Germany failed to throw their weight behind him. Much as we would like it to happen, as it would give a "face" to our vassal status under the constitutional Lisbon treaty, the thought of that leering visage representing "Europe"...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Climate talks overshadowed by divisive subject of Tony Blair's candidacy to be Europe's first president European government chiefs gather in Brussels this evening for a summit likely to be the first occasion to broach the divisive subject of Tony Blair's candidacy to be Europe's first president. The topic is not formally on the agenda of a meeting that will be dominated by wrangling over climate change...
France24 (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
EU leaders gather Thursday to weigh candidates to head a new-look European Union, with former British premier Tony Blair and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker vying for the top job. But consultations among the leaders, whose meeting will be clouded by differences over how to help poor countries fight climate change, can only be finalised if the long-awaited Lisbon reform treaty enters...
Graham Pointer's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Jean-Claude Juncker, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, has confirmed that he would be interested in the job of President of the European Council, and has criticised former Prime Minister Tony Blair's Euro-credentials, noting that the United Kingdom is not part of the eurozone (those countries using the € as their currency) nor part of the Schengen Agreement (which allows passport-free travel across...
North to Leith (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Strap in because this is a very long post... In my last post I said if you were lucky I’d tell you who I think will, and who I think should, get the job as President of the European Council. Well you lucky things here it is... From all the speculation as to who might get the post there are 22 riders who are considered contenders. Who? F/I Position Nation Bertie Ahern Former PM Ireland Jose-Maria...
John Rentoul (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Well, now we know what Tony Blair is up again in his struggle to lead Europe. Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg’s prime minister, has launched his campaign for President of the European Council with a clarion call to summon a continent to its higher destiny: I am not a dwarf. Contrary to what the British press says, I have friendly relations with Vladimir Putin. And I have known the Chinese leaders...
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