...his name re-appeared in the news while the EU was deliberating on who should become president of the European Council, a post designed to give a Europe a global face at presidential level.

..."I would have taken the presidency of the European Union. I would have been delighted to do it and gone and done public service. And I may do a public service job again in the future."

Still dreaming of a nonexistent post, he is...

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