Sarkozy and Brown push Blair for EU presidency

[Lambros]

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.


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[wendigo100]

This has been on the cards for 10 years.

[AtW]

Bush should be next head of UN.

[swamp]

Blair has to fix the mess he made in Iraq first.

[AtW]

Blair has to fix the mess he made in Iraq first.

Anyone who can fix Iraq without genocide will get double Nobel Peace Prize.

[Gonzo]

Well, I'm not surprised that the rest of Europe wants Blair out of the Middle East brief as soon as possible.

I visited the Gulf earlier in the year and it was a bit upsetting to find out from the local papers that they mention the UK and the US in the same breath.

[AtW]

It won't be possible for Blair to do anything - you can't have chief negotiator that is so closely associated with one of the sides of conflict - USA, I don't know what the heck he was thinking when he decided he wants that job - probably he thought that with his spin doctors he will solve this problem in 6 months and will be remembered by grateful humanity for his acumen.

[Rantor]

This has been on the cards for 10 years.

Wow, this one will be conspiracy theorist heaven - cue loads of green ink 'EUUSR' letters to the telegraph. They might even be right this time

[KathyWoolfe]

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.

Obviously this is the real reason he wanted to quit being British Prime Minister

[DBA_bloke]

Sadly, it's no conspiracy theory: Europe's on the verge of being a federal state system, with each member state (i.e. country) having sod-all sovereignty.

I can understand why we joined the Common Market. Back in the late 60s/early 70s, WW2 was still a recent, horrible memory, and the leaders wanted to do something to bring Europe closer together. Fair enough.

It's been bum-fecked, of course, by numpty turds who want power at any cost - hence Europe the country, not Europe the collection of independent countries. The UK is going to gain little but give loads. It was ever thus.