European council presidency may be just the job for Tony Blair - but he can't ask | Politics | The Guardian
Belgium's former leader Guy Verhofstadt, whose bid to be EU commission president faltered once he became the frontrunner. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters ...Blair is in the curious position of being the frontrunner for a major new post, though there are serious question marks over his chances because he is refusing to campaign. "Tony will not put himself into a position where he is humiliated like Guy Verhofstadt," one friend said.
...Blair is in the curious position of being the frontrunner for a major new post, though there are serious question marks over his chances because he is refusing to campaign. "Tony will not put himself into a position where he is humiliated like Guy Verhofstadt," one friend said.
What they forogt to say is who foiled Verhofstadt's bid and paved the way for Barroso... a certain PM with the initials T. B. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
L'amitié entre Angela Merkel et Nicolas Sarkozy est dopée par la nouvelle politique allemande - LeMonde.fr
On a un peu parlé de la présidence du conseil de l'Union européenne. Les deux soutiennent-ils l'ex premier ministre britannique Tony Blair ? Motus : ils ne veulent pas réitérer la contre-performance de Gerhard Schröder et Jacques Chirac qui soutinrent en 2004 tambours battant la candidature du Belge Guy Verhofstadt à la présidence de la Commission, pour se heurter à un veto de... Tony Blair. Mais, confie un convive, "la chancelière et le président apprécient tous les deux Blair et continuent à le dire".
