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GalliaWatch (Free subscription) | yesterday
As you all know there is now a president of Europe. His name is Herman Van Rompuy and few know who he is or what he is about. Paul Belien, of The Brussels Journal, however, is well acquainted with Mr. Van Rompuy, and offers a short analysis of his character in an article posted at The Daily Mail . I am re-printing it here, in its entirety: Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy has been named new...
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Labourlist (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
By Brian Barder / @BrianLB The EU’s appointments of the Belgian prime minister Herman van Rompuy (what comical names these foreigners do have!) as permanent Chairman (”President”) of the European Council, and (subject to the approval of the European Parliament) of the EU’s (British) Commissioner for Trade, Baroness (Cathy) Ashton, as High Representative for Foreign Affairs...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
As a Belgian, I am shocked by the disinformation around the candidacy and person of Mr Van Rompuy, especially by the British tabloids ( The great EU stitch-up , 20 November). Their comments are an insult. Van Rompuy is not to be an executive president like the US president; he is the chairman, a consensus-builder of a Europe of nations. He is not in favour of a European national hymn, flag or tax....
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The mood in Brussels is bleak as experts agree politicking has triumphed over ambition in the appointment of two new leaders, writes Ian Traynor Europe's hopes of translating its economic power into global political clout have suffered a severe setback as a result of the timid choices on new leadership made this week, analysts, officials, and diplomats conceded on Friday. Others countered, however,...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
First miracle man. Then the EU president. A famous Belgian Most of Herman Van Rompuy's website , as one might perhaps expect of an upstanding European (and since last night, Europeans don't get much more upstanding than Herman), is in three languages. You can, if you choose, read the soon-to-be-ex-Belgian prime minister's acceptance speech on being appointed president of the European Council in Flemish...
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The Open Road (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I have followed Cathy Ashton’s career closely for many years now. She is a delightful, able and highly intelligent woman who has held a range of positions from minister in the education department to the chair of a health authority. She is highly knowledgeable on education, health and social affairs. It was quite extraordinary that she got the job as Trade Commissioner taking over from Mandelson....
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
After a turbulent 500 years it is understandable – I sometimes feel like putting my feet up too – but it is a mistake It's not true that last night's appointments at the EU's Brussels conclave are without historic precedence. When the Italian politician Signor Caligula was president of the European commission during one of the continent's more dynamic phases he appointed his horse to negotiate...
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Here be dragons (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
It´s not been a good week for Europe´s self image: Thierry Henri admits to breaking the rules - but not to the ref at a time when he could have done something - who does he think he is a banker? I know it´s only a game but it matters to more people than the result of the political horse trading in Brussels last night. I´m not sure that it´s helpful that you have the politicians...
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Dungeekin. . . (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Not picked for their looks - EU President and Foreign Minister The Eurasian Commission have announced the appointment of Herman Van Rumpypumpy of Belgium as President-for-Life, with Britain's Baroness Ashton taking the role of High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs. The appointments of the new leaders were announced following a lengthy Election campaign several days of vociferous inter-Government discussion...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Belgium Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy was chosen as EU's first full-time president at a special summit Thursday night in Brussels. Born in October 1947 in Brussels, Van Rompuy was educated at the Jesuit Sint-Jan Berchmans College in central Brussels, then studied philosophy and economics at the Catholic University of Leuven. Before entering politics, Van Rompuy worked at the Belgian central bank...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
&$ &$Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (C), whose country holds the EU rotating presidency, holds a Rubick's cube showing the pictures of newly-appointed EU President Herman Van Rompuy (L) of Belgium and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (R) at the end of an extraordinary summit in Brussels November 19, 2009. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso's picture is also...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
&$ &$Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy attends a press conference after an EU summit at the EU Council headquarters in Brussels, capital of Belgium, Nov. 19, 2009. Van Rompuy was elected the first full-time EU President during an extraordinary summit in Brussels Thursday. (Xinhua/Thierry Monasse)&$ &$ Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy Thursday was unanimously elected...
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rsseurope.net | Published News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
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