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Le Figaro - International : Juncker, favori pour présider le Conseil européen		Le Figaro - International: Juncker, favourite to chair the European Council
Selon plusieurs sources à l'Élysée, l'actuel premier ministre du Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker, ferait figure de grand favori pour présider le Conseil européen, aux côtés de José Manuel Barroso qui, lui, accomplirait un second mandat à la tête de la Commission. Ces deux hommes sont «largement favoris», souligne la présidence de la République...		According to several sources at the Élysée, the current prime minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker, would appear to be the big favourite for president of the European Council, along with Jose Manuel Barroso who would get a second term as head of the Commission. Both men are "clear favourites," emphasized the Elysée...
Un moment privilégiée, la nomination de Tony Blair serait aujourd'hui écartée. Ses amis socialistes «ne veulent pas» voir l'ancien premier ministre britannique, jugé trop eurosceptique, à la tête de l'UE. De même, la candidature du premier ministre danois, le socialiste Anders Fogh Rasmussen est abandonnée par l'intéressé lui-même, qui chercherait plutôt un point de chute à l'Otan.		At one point hotly tipped, the appointment of Tony Blair seems now to be ruled out. His socialist friends "do not want to" see the former British prime minister, considered as too Eurosceptic, become head of the EU. Similarly, the candidacy of Danish Prime Minister, the Socialist Anders Fogh Rasmussen, has been dropped by the candidate himself, who is said to be seeking instead a NATO position.

Le Figaro goes on to suggest that Javier Solana is favourite for the position of "Foreign Minister" of the European Council.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 03:20:48 AM EST
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There is only one Rasmussen! (4.00 / 2)

Similarly, the candidacy of Danish Prime Minister, the Socialist Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Arrgh! Le Figaro doesn't know the difference between former Socialist Prime Minister (and current PES president) Poul Nyrup and current Liberal Prime Minister Anders Fogh

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 06:23:59 AM EST
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Re: Stop Blair! Petition (none / 1)

His socialist friends "do not want to" see the former British prime minister, considered as too Eurosceptic, become head of the EU.

Surely no self-respecting socialist be a friend of that neocon toerag.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 06:28:18 AM EST
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I've been wondering (4.00 / 2)

if the efforts to repeatedly paint Brown and, to an increasing extent, Blair, as leftist guys is not a way to shift the debate slowly, as the crisis bites, in order to be able to blame them for it - for not doing enough "reform" (hobbled as they were, of course, by an unreconstructed party, and by their - wrongful - residual lefty instincts.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 08:42:29 AM EST
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Re: I've been wondering (none / 0)

Yes, exactly. Brown is now being blamed for all the problems that his neoliberal approach has introduced - but he's being blamed as a tax-and-spend socialist, not as a neoliberal.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 09:16:24 AM EST
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Re: I've been wondering (none / 0)

I don't know. Ségolène Royal was trying to portray herself as the French Tony Blair, surely that was not in order to catch the blame for the things to come.

"Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. - Galbraith"

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 09:25:27 AM EST
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She was NOT trying to do that (none / 0)

She was described as doing so by media like the FT, despite inconvenient facts like her criticism of the 35-hour week for being too favorable to business against workers or her praise of him for running economic policies that were more to the left than his discourse.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 10:05:23 AM EST
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Re: She was NOT trying to do that (none / 0)

Well, I don't read the FT. I just heard her during the campaign and to me she was trying to capture the image of Blair. I remember her saying that the success of the UK under Blair was proof that leftist policies worked.

I'm not sure I understand your "inconvenient facts", by the way. How could her praising Blair be an inconvenient fact for the theory that Royal would portray herself as the French Blair?

"Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. - Galbraith"

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 10:40:24 AM EST
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