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Blair Out of Race to be EU president
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| Contributor | BR_Green |
| Last Edited | BR_Green Nov 19, 2009 01:36pm |
| Category | Announcement |
| News Date | Nov 19, 2009 01:35pm |
| Description | Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has dropped out of the race to be European Council President - just as EU leaders meet to decide who to appoint.
Belgian PM Herman van Rompuy has been put forward for the job, with French and German support, diplomats say.
They say Sweden, the holder of the EU presidency, has also proposed EU Trade Commissioner Baroness Catherine Ashton as the new foreign policy supremo.
A UK government spokesman revealed the dramatic twist in the British position.
The UK persuaded the other six leaders in the socialist group to back the UK's Baroness Ashton, having dropped Tony Blair.
There are now signs that a deal on the top jobs is falling into place. |
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