Constitutionalizing the European Union (European Union Series) (The European Union Series)
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Are Herman van Rompuy and Cathy Ashton the best of all available choices as the European Union council president and the high representative on foreign policy respectively? Undoubtedly not. Yet they are competent people and they are the choices that the EU has now made. Were Mr van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton chosen in the most persuasive way to win confidence across Europe and to impress the rest...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Who do you call when you want to call Europe? After five years of wrangling designed to deal with the Henry Kissinger question, the EU last night failed to provide a satisfactory answer. The first ever president of the European council is to be the haiku-writing Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, who is still little known in his own country, let alone the wider world. And the continent's pioneering...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday welcomed the appointment of Belgium's Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy as first president of the European Union and Catherine Ashton as the EU's top diplomat. Ban said he looks forward to working ...
SPORTS TV (Free subscription) | yesterday
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SPORTS TV (Free subscription) | yesterday
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The Seferm Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
"This is the new leadership team of Europe," said Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeld, flanked by Van Rompuy and Ashton, speaking after the dinner summit.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
The European Union (EU) wants to become a more influential and higher-profile alliance, but its leaders picked a pair of relative unknowns Thursday to represent the continent on the international stage.
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Interactive graphic on the European Union with the appointments of Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the first-ever EU president and Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton as High Representative for Foreign Affairs.
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
The agricultural sector has been particularly hard hit by the credit crisis. FRANCE 24 takes a closer look and reports from Spain, where farmers are set to stage a strike this Friday in protest at plunging prices.
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
After weeks of backroom dealings, Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy was named the EU’s first president while Briton Catherine Ashton was selected the 27-nation bloc's first foreign affairs chief.
France24 (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy and the EU's Trade Commissioner, Briton Catherine Ashton, have been chosen by EU leaders to be, respectively, the bloc's first president and foreign affairs chief.
From The Wilderness (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
By Robert Bridge 11-19-09 The EU is coming under fire for shunning democratic principles as candidates for top jobs assemble behind closed doors with secret societies as “selection day” approaches. What does the ultra-secretive Bilderberger Club, Henry Kissinger, and closed-door meetings made up of anonymous politicians, bankers and industrialists have in common with transparency, democratic...
Chas' Compilation (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Or mabye "King" is a better word? Many people feel left out of the process: Leaders in last-minute attempt to decide top European Council roles Opposing groups try to find consensus on who should take presidential and foreign minister roles ahead of Brussels summit The leaders of Europe's main political tribes conferred in Brussels this afternoon in an attempt to hammer out a last-minute...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
As two new posts at the top of the E.U. were to be filled Thursday, Britain formally dropped its campaign to install its former leader Tony Blair as president.
Love Undefiled (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Shaun Bailham of Catholic with Attitude reports that Dr Robin Gibbons has started a blog on religion and freedom - in particular looking at the infringement of religious freedom in the European Union. This is perhaps partly in response to the ban on crucifixes as decided by the European Court of Human Rights recently. An interesting venture.
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