The Guardian article on the manoevrings behind the positions opened up by the Lisbon treaty is a subject close to its heart. The lobbying and the talks between both major parties show the political class in normal mode.
European Social Democrats claim they are entitled to install one of their own in the post, under a carve-up that would see a Christian Democrat appointed president of the European Council, the first sitting president in charge of EU summits, the job that Tony Blair is pushing for.
Emphasis upon the word, “carve-up” as politicians extend their sense of entitlement between expenses and power.
The dithering of Miliband does not interest me and I find the front-runner for the position of the Presidency is one Herman van Rompuy. As Jacques Poos told us long ago, Europe has, of course, arrived.....
