London (CNN) -- Faced with a choice for its new president between the traffic-stopping Tony Blair and a capable but little-known Belgian, the EU's 27 leaders settled on Herman Van Rompuy, a man who would scarcely stop two mothers with ...Read More
The EU President will only pay a 24 per cent rate of tax and his personal annual travel budget will be £4 million.
He will have a staff of 60 people - a cabinet of 22, 10 body guards and 28 ...Read More
They lamented that the Belgian and Briton lack the star power required for the high-profile jobs.
Newspapers claimed that the new president - the Belgian prime minister Herman Van Rompuy - and the new High Representative - the EU Trade Commissioner ...Read More
Baroness Ashton has hit back at claims she does not have enough experience for the post of EU high representative for Foreign Affairs and security. The Labour peer was the surprise choice of Europe's leaders for the role - dubbed the ...Read More
Diplomats say EU leaders have opted for little-known compromise candidate Belgian Premier Herman Van Rompuy to become the bloc's first full-time president. Envoys added that the 27 leaders have also agreed to appoint Britain's EU commissioner Catherine Ashton as the bloc's ...Read More
Belgium's Herman van Rompuy is widely tipped for the presidency
EU leaders have chosen the Belgian Prime Minister, Herman van Rompuy, as their new President. Is he the best person for the job?
Mr Van Rompuy, 62, backed by France and ...Read More
BRUSSELS -- Champions of European unity hoped their new president would be a continental George Washington, a brand name who could pull the European Union closer together and fulfill their dream of a strengthened role for Europe in world affairs. But ...Read More
The European Union has selected a new president to chair EU summits and represent the bloc on the world stage, as well as a new foreign policy chief. The way was cleared by the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty by ...Read More
BRUSSELS (AFP) – EU leaders chose Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy Thursday as the European Union's first president, diplomats said, after Britain dropped its backing for Tony Blair. Britain's change of heart, backing its current EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton ...Read More
The new president of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) said he is "not interested" in lengthy manuals telling officers how to behave and added that some can "stifle" creative crime-solving ideas.
His comments came after Acpo was ridiculed over ...Read More
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