Colin Ross News Stories (Free subscription) | yesterday
After writing about the European Liberal Democrats stance on Turkey yesterday I not the new EU President Herman Van Rompuy view son the subject, as below. It is ridiculous that Van Rompuy could become EU President with such views, and even more ridiculous that Turkey's membership is being so held up.
The Seferm Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
"I am a European federalist but I am not a fundamentalist," he said, in comments bound to raise eurosceptic hackles.
RenewAmerica columns (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
(Michael Bresciani) - The EU has confirmed Herman Van Rompuy as the first permanent President of the emerging United States of Europe. He has clearly stated that the first order of business for the EU will be to solidify the economy and answer the social changes the 47 member states are facing...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Former Belgian prime minister and current Foreign Minister Yves Leterme would return to the top post on Wednesday, departing Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy told media Tuesday. "Yves Leterme has been given a second chance now, he has got all the elements to prove he is a good prime minister," Van Rompuy told RTL TVI. "I hope he will succeed for him and for Belgium,"...
Bulgarian Elections (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Sir, Regarding ‘EU elects discrete, consensual leaders‘: Henry Kissinger asked ‘If I want to call Europe who do I call'’ After his appointment, Herman Van Rompuy replied jokingly that he awaits the first phone call. In Belgium, Van Rompuy was seen as the consolidating force bringing the country out of its political impasse. His role in leading the [...]...
Paul Linford (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Most opinion polls tend to tell you what you already know, and to reinforce the "received wisdom" about politics and politicians. But I have to admit to being startled by one of the findings in the PoliticsHome poll on the European presidency released this afternoon. In my own personal view, the whole appointments procedure has been a complete fiasco and we have ended up, in Herman...
Euractive (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Belgium's King Albert is expected to appoint today (25 November) Flemish Christian Democrat Yves Leterme as prime minister for a second time, replacing Herman Van Rompuy who was elected European Union president.
patruped:bun biped:rau (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... decide. Paul Belien, jurnalist belgian stabilit în SUA, are un articol interesant despre Herman Van Rompuy, politicianul belgian devenit primul preşedinte al UE. Se potriveşte perfect cu fişa postului… iar cu această ocazie veţi afla şi cîteva detalii istorice despre Belgia. Meet the President of [...]
France24 (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Belgium's ex-prime minister Yves Leterme -- who quit amid a bank bailout scandal last year -- will bounce back as government chief within 24 hours, incumbent Herman Van Rompuy said Tuesday. "It's now his second chance. He has all the elements to prove he will be a good prime minister. I hope so for him and for Belgium," said Van Rompuy, who is leaving the premiership....
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Herman van Rompuy, recently elected the first European Union president, will visit Latvia December 2 as incumbent Belgian prime minister.
Chas' Compilation (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Meet the President of Europe Herman Van Rompuy. Get used to the name. He is the first President of the European Union, which with the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon by all the 27 EU member states in early November was transformed into a genuine United States of Europe. The President of Europe has not been elected ; he was appointed in a secret meeting of the heads of government...
Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
First let me say this: on balance, I would far rather that people in politics were writing poetry than not. Where are the poets in the House of Commons? So let's give Herman Van Rompuy a round of applause.However, I am suspicious of the haiku as a form. I have read a great many over the years – it is the default form in schools, and children are always being made to write them – and have...
Euractive (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Herman Van Rompuy, the former prime minister of Belgium who was nominated last week by European heads of state and government to become the EU's first permanent president, will be more of a "chairman" than a leader, according to Thierry Chopin, director of the Robert Schuman Foundation think-tank, in an interview with EurActiv France.
Pro-Life News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The new EU President, Herman Van Rompuy, has proclaimed 2009 as the "first year of global governance." During Rompuy's intervention as President on November 19th, he stated, "2009 is also the first year of global governance, with the establishment of...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
... , she doesn't matter a teacup of warm spit. Dirty NHS hospitals matter, MPs' expenses matter, even Herman Van Rompuy matters. But Palin? She's only remotely relevant if you wind those three years fast-forward through a blizzard of bizarre assumptions. In print, 320,000 times over this morning, she's beside any useful point. Except that out there – online – there may be...
