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Heh, I somehow assumed he is from a liberal party, because beyond being a very strong pro-European, I know him as a market liberal. (Or maybe I confused him with Verhofstadt.)

According to this SPIEGEL article (the abridged English version of a German original unfortunately behind the subscription wall), the odds don't look good for Bliar, who has more enemies:

But numerous Social Democrats and most Christian Democrats, along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, aren't as impressed. On Monday, the Daily Telegraph also reported that senior allies of current Prime Minister Gordon Brown were plotting to wreck Blair's ambitions for the post out of concern that his appointment could reignite old divisions within his Labour Party.

Further candidates discussed are Belgium's Verhofstadt, Poland's Kwaśniewski and Aznar, though they note Aznar has the same problem with the incumbent PM's opposition as Bliar...

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Mon Feb 4th, 2008 at 07:16:52 AM EST
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Re: Belgium's Verhofstadt, Must say Belgium's Verhofstadt doesn't strike me as a serious candidate -- the man can barely get his acts together on political issues dividing Belgium.
by The3rdColumn on Mon Feb 4th, 2008 at 07:27:10 AM EST
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So Kwaśniewski is the only serious PES candidate?

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Feb 4th, 2008 at 07:44:46 AM EST
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I don't think the Spiegel is going by much for this report. Just a bit of sounding off.

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen could be a candidate for either the Commission or the Council. Bottom line is that the PES wins the 2009 elections (a few more European governments would also be helpful).

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Mon Feb 4th, 2008 at 07:54:10 AM EST
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Well, if the PES manages to become the largest group in the EP and hold more governments than the EPP, they might get two of the four top EU jobs, to one each for the EPP and ALDE.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Feb 4th, 2008 at 08:43:58 AM EST
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