Gary Gibbon
Baroness Ashton is the Brit most likely to bag a top EU job
Cathy Ashton succeeded Peter Mandelson as trade commissioner and has, it is said, hugely impressed the EU Commission President Manuel Barroso.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
‘Will you be the President of Europe, Gordon?’
The Spanish Prime Minister last week asked Gordon Brown if HE would be the new President of Europe – a sign of how fluid today’s discussions on who will get the top EU job are.
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Gary Gibbon
Carving up the EU top jobs – should you care?
Am on the Eurostar heading for the Brussels carve-up of top jobs. Word last night from the Blair camp was that their man has pretty much given up on getting the presidency of the European Council. Word from Paris and Berlin that they see the job as an internal affairs post dealing with issues like…
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Gary Gibbon
A 50-50 chance Blair’s EU bid folds before Thursday
Three days before a special European summit, the odds are still that the EU leaders will appoint a non-English speaking former communist from Italy to represent it on foreign affairs and a low-key Belgian Prime Minister as President.
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Jon Snow
Blair and Europe – you heard it here first
Jon Snow blogs on the receding changes for the EU presidency to go to Tony Blair
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron wouldn’t start from Blair on EU president, but where will he end?
The Conservatives may, by default, end up supporting the sort of compromise, low-impact, low-profile, Europhile Benelux candidate that often ends up winning top European jobs and who Tories normally try to keep out.