Finally, the EU topjobs are filled and the winners are Belgian Prime Minister Van Rompuy who will become the first permanent president of the European Council and EU Commissioner Catherine Ashton who will get the EU foreign affairs post. Let’s start with the good news: The appointment of two nobodies to the EU top jobs [...]
Van Rompuy/Ashton: The perfect Mr and Ms Nobody?
by Kosmopolit in EU politics
November 19, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: Baroness Ashton, EU topjobs, European Council President, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, van rompuy
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- kosmopolit: @jonworth @ronpatz @ralfgrahn no idea really. Maybe a twitter wall somewhere in the EP? #epwall February 5, 2012
- kosmopolit: @Lionelsola that is also misleading as the post is not about FT's opinion - but a summary of a eurobarometer poll cc @spignal @ringrda February 2, 2012
- kosmopolit: [being a EU Commissioner]"is about as high as an official can climb in the eurocracy."-> misleading opening by @spignal http://t.co/vy5omNuv February 2, 2012
- kosmopolit: @wettach Oh - Interessant, mit oder ohne US? Irgendwelche Erfahrungen mit Zeitungsabos? February 2, 2012
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