EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - After waiting for the Obama administration to take office, European states have started floating names for the next NATO secretary general to replace Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, whose mandate ends on 31 July. Although there is less than a month to go until the 60th anniversary NATO summit in Strasbourg/Kehl, member states are still in the early stage regarding the nomination of the next NATO chief, Herman Schaper, the Dutch ambassador to the alliance, told EUobserver. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's (r) mandate is associated with George W. Bush's (l) presidency "We waited for the Obama administration and only started two to three weeks ago to invite countries to present their candidate. At this moment there is no official candidate," Mr Schaper explained. Asked about the chances for an Eastern European secretary general, Mr Schaper said that there were already two names floated from Poland and Bulgaria - foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski and former top diplomat Solomon Passy, respectively.
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - After waiting for the Obama administration to take office, European states have started floating names for the next NATO secretary general to replace Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, whose mandate ends on 31 July.
Although there is less than a month to go until the 60th anniversary NATO summit in Strasbourg/Kehl, member states are still in the early stage regarding the nomination of the next NATO chief, Herman Schaper, the Dutch ambassador to the alliance, told EUobserver.
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's (r) mandate is associated with George W. Bush's (l) presidency
"We waited for the Obama administration and only started two to three weeks ago to invite countries to present their candidate. At this moment there is no official candidate," Mr Schaper explained.
Asked about the chances for an Eastern European secretary general, Mr Schaper said that there were already two names floated from Poland and Bulgaria - foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski and former top diplomat Solomon Passy, respectively.
Given how the elites are increasingly of a class separate from us, hows about they make it official and disappear somewhere they don't bother us. keep to the Fen Causeway
