vrijdag, november 20, 2009
New EU's president's life motto is quiet determination
erman Van Rompuy is a practising Catholic who belongs to the conservative wing of the Flemish Christian Democrat party. He prefers the Beatles to the Stones.Not long after Herman Van Rompuy unexpectedly became prime minister of Belgium late last year, he went on a skiing holiday to Austria – by overnight coach. He didn't intend to suddenly start living a life of luxury, he said. Last summer Van Rompuy ventured out quite a bit further, to Australia, but he travelled economy class.
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EU names Belgian Van Rompuy as first president
uropean Union leaders named Belgian prime minister Herman Van Rompuy, who is little known outside his own country, as the bloc's first president on Thursday to lead efforts to make it more influential on the world stage.They also chose baroness Catherine Ashton, a Briton little known even in her own country, as EU foreign affairs chief under a deal that kept out more established figures such as Tony Blair, and raised questions about how the bloc plans to lift its profile.
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