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Patten and Blair: two more strong non-starters

By Jon on August 5, 2009

Following on from my post about Bildt and Fischer, today is the time to look at two other strong candidates for top jobs in the EU, this time both of them Brits – Chris Patten and Tony Blair. I’m prompted to write this post after the FT carried a story that Patten would be “very positive” about [...]

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There are 2 excellent candidates for EU Foreign Minister, but there’s not a hope either will be appointed

By Jon on August 3, 2009

If the second referendum in Ireland on the Treaty of Lisbon this autumn goes yes then the EU is going to have a new foreign policy chief from 2010. The Treaty of Lisbon creates the position of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, aka EU Foreign Minister, merging the current [...]

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