Cometh the hour, cometh the man

[nwhyte]

I am not surprised that Herman Van Rompuy, who has been prime minister of Belgium since the turn of the year, is the front-runner for the first EU presidency now that Vaclav Klaus has signed the Lisbon Treaty.

First of all, Tony Blair was never really a candidate. He got backing from people who hadn't really thought about it much, including I

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[peadarog]

Thank you. This was very enlightening.

[agirlnamedluna]

Another reason to choose a prime minister from the Benelux, and more specifically Belgium is symbolic: the EU started out with these three countries, mostly under impulse of the Belgian government.

[matgb]

Milliband's a disaster foreign secretary, especially in the way he's been dealing with the ongoing Russian extradition thing, he'd be terrible in a more important international role.

I vote Patten or Ashdown, but then I would wouldn't I.