President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain endorsed Tony Blair on Friday to be the European Union's first permanent president, even as critics questioned how a leader from a nation deeply skeptical of the EU could take over the new high-profile post.
European leaders agreed early Friday to a new treaty for the 27-member bloc that creates the post of EU president to represent Europe internationally on issues such as climate change, bilateral relations and development. The post could finally make it clear whom Washington should call when it "wants to speak to Europe," as Henry Kissinger once put it.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/...ion.php?page=2
European leaders agreed early Friday to a new treaty for the 27-member bloc that creates the post of EU president to represent Europe internationally on issues such as climate change, bilateral relations and development. The post could finally make it clear whom Washington should call when it "wants to speak to Europe," as Henry Kissinger once put it.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/...ion.php?page=2
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