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Haikuloving Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy in line for EU presidency

Herman Van Rompuy: Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy in line for EU presidency

Herman Van Rompuy: He has discussed taking up the post with his family over Sunday lunch this weekend and appears to be on course to be picked as the least controversial candidate. Full Article at The Telegraph

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  1. Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy have agreed he can do it. Unlike with previous Belgian candidates, Gordon Brown is not opposed and Britain can have the foreign job if it wants it
    SOURCE: The Telegraph 2 weeks ago
  2. For him and for Belgium, it's a problem of timing
    SOURCE: The Telegraph 2 weeks ago
  3. Van Rompuy is unknown outside the Brussels meeting rooms. He is the opposite of Blair: a pygmy not a giant. He will be the innocuous, grey chairman most countries seem to want leaving a big world stage role to Miliband
    SOURCE: The Telegraph 2 weeks ago
  4. There is a consensus around his name, which is rare among the 27 EU governments. No one is opposed to him and many are asking him to accept. Nobody else has unanimity.
    SOURCE: The Telegraph 2 weeks ago
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