Does Mary Robinson want to be President of the EU Council? | 26 comments (26 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Does Mary Robinson want to be President (4.00 / 2)

Irish Times, 24/10/2009:

Robinson rules out EU presidency - The Irish Times - Sat, Oct 24, 2009

FORMER PRESIDENT Mary Robinson has ruled herself out of contention for the position of president of the European Council.
Mrs Robinson yesterday contacted the group campaigning to have her nominated for the post to say she could not commit herself to considering the challenge of the EU presidency because of her current focus on climate change.
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She said that in recent times she had become increasingly focused on climate change and its negative impacts on the developing world. She added that the issue of climate justice was a topic of extreme urgency and was proving very time-consuming and demanding.
"With this focus I could not commit myself to considering accepting the challenge of the EU presidency."
She said she shared the aspiration of the group to see a woman in one of the senior EU positions but "that person will not be me".

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Oct 28th, 2009 at 08:20:49 AM EST

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The IT seems to be quoting from the same message word for word.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Oct 28th, 2009 at 08:23:32 AM EST
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You heard it here first guys! (4.00 / 5)

notes from no w here

by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Wed Oct 28th, 2009 at 08:26:58 AM EST
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Re: You heard it here first guys! (4.00 / 2)

We should really put that macro:
[ET: Get The News Early^TM]

by Bernard (bernard) on Thu Oct 29th, 2009 at 05:26:17 AM EST
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Does Mary Robinson want to be President of the EU Council? | 26 comments (26 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)