Faced with a choice for its new president between the traffic-stopping Tony Blair and a capable but little-known Belgian, the EU's 27 leaders settled on Herman Van Rompuy, a man who would scarcely stop two mothers with strollers outside his own country. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, who was in charge of the election process, gave the game away when he said that Van Rompuy was a man whose...
Pay no attention to the Eurosceptics. Cathy Ashton's posting as EU 'foreign secretary' is a major post-Lisbon development The chorus of ill-informed and patronising calls of "Who?" that have greeted the appointments of the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy , as the new long-term president (really chairman) of the European Council, and Baroness Cathy Ashton, as the new EU foreign...
British peer says she will show she is the best person for the job of European foreign minister over the next few months and years Europe's eight-year quest to establish a simpler and more democratic regime came to a dramatic climax last night when the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, and British peer Cathy Ashton were appointed as the two top officials embodying the new system. In a surprise...
&$ &$Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the EU rotating presidency, holds a Rubick's cube showing pictures of newly-appointed EU President Herman Van Rompuy of Belgium (L-R), European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and newly-appointed EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton of Britain at the end of an extraordinary summit in Brussels November 19, 2009....
&$ &$Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (C), whose country holds the EU rotating presidency, holds a Rubick's cube showing the pictures of newly-appointed EU President Herman Van Rompuy (L) of Belgium and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (R) at the end of an extraordinary summit in Brussels November 19, 2009. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso's picture is also...
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has announced that Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy will be the first permanent President of the European Council following negotiations in Brussels on Thursday evening.
Europe's eight-year quest to establish a simpler and more democratic regime came to a dramatic climaxtonight when the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, and Britain's Cathy Ashton, were appointed as the two top officials embodying the new system. In a surprise move that saw Gordon Brown abandon his campaign to have Tony Blair made first president of the European Council, Lady Ashton, the current...
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt is making last-ditch attempts to stitch together a compromise deal between deadlocked EU leaders before a summit tonight to choose the first president of the European Council and the union’s new foreign policy chief.
Sweden's prime minister has expressed disquiet about Russia's human rights situation after an EU-Russia summit in Stockholm. Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, said: "We exchanged views on human rights, the rule of law in Russia and democracy. "This is an increasing cause for concern," he added. ...
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt made a last ditch effort on Wednesday night to get EU leaders to agree on a candidate to become the European Union's first president.
At Iesus audiens ait: "Non est opus valentibus medico sed male habentibus". (Matthew 9:12) EU and Russian leaders met in Stockholm on Wednesday for a summit dominated by energy issues, according to The Swedish Wire . The EU-Russia summit began with informal meetings between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, and the Swedish King, Carl XVI Gustaf,...
SWEDISH PRIME minister Fredrik Reinfeldt is making last-ditch attempts to stitch together a compromise deal between deadlocked EU leaders before a summit tonight to choose the first president of the European Council and the bloc’s new foreign policy chief.
EU and Russian leaders held a summit on Wednesday dominated by efforts to avoid a new natural gas blocade this winter. Sweden, current holder of the European Union presidency, was also to press Moscow on the sensitive topic of human rights, climate change and the global economy. "We hope to have a good discussion today on the climate, energy and economic issues," Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik...
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt expressed concern on Wednesday over human rights deficiencies in Russia. Reinfeldt, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, was speaking at the end of an EU-Russia summit.
EU and Russian leaders met in Stockholm on Wednesday for a summit dominated by energy issues, as Europe hopes to avoid an interruption of Russian natural gas supplies via Ukraine this winter. Sweden, current holder of the rotating European Union presidency, is also expected to press Moscow on human rights issues in the north Caucasus -- a sensitive subject -- as well as climate change, the global...
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