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  European Council - President
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > European Union > European Council
OfficeCouncil President
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 19, 2009 - 01:00am
Polls Close November 19, 2009 - 01:00pm
Term Start November 30, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End November 30, 2011 - 12:00pm
ContributorRalphie
Last ModifiedNew Jerusalem November 19, 2009 02:00pm
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DescriptionWith the Lisbon Treaty having been formally ratified by the Czech Republic November 3 all European Union member states have accepted the treaty and it will go into effect. A result of this is a governmental change where the EU Parliament will elect a president and council which will have more powers than under the previous commission president arrangement.

This office has been referred to in the media as being the President of Europe.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyEuropean People's Won09/16/2009
NameFredrik Reinfeldt Votes1 (100.00%)
Term09/17/2009 - 11/30/2009 Margin1 (+100.00%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Guy Verhofstadt
Slight 1

CANDIDATES
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Name Herman Van Rompuy Council President José María Aznar Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende Carl Bildt TD John Bruton Jean-Claude Juncker Wolfgang Schüssel
PartyEuropean People's European People's European People's European People's European People's European People's European People's
Votes1 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
CDU Angela Merkel [L]
LR Nicolas Sarkozy [L]
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Taoiseach Bertie Ahern Minister Emma Bonino Felipe González Tarja Halonen Václav Havel Aleksander Kwaśniewski Mary Robinson
PartyLiberals and Democrats for Europe Liberals and Democrats for Europe European Socialists European Socialists Non-Inscrits European Socialists Non-Inscrits
Votes0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
Margin-1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
G BR_Green
CON Chris Patten [L]
AENM Angry Russian
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Guy Verhofstadt Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
PartyLiberals and Democrats for Europe Non-Inscrits
Votes0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
Margin-1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Nov 19, 2009 05:00pm News Belgian Premier Van Rompuy Named First EU President  Article Ralphie 
Nov 19, 2009 01:35pm Announcement Blair Out of Race to be EU president  Article BR_Green 
Nov 18, 2009 08:00pm Speculative Tony Blair, President of Europe?  Article Monsieur 
Nov 11, 2009 08:00pm Announcement EU to choose first president on Nov 19  Article Ralphie 
Oct 29, 2009 09:10pm News Tony Blair's bid for EU presidency sinks  Article Ralphie 
Oct 02, 2009 02:00pm Perspective Tony Blair 'in line for EU presidency'  Article Ralphie 

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