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Baroness Ashton for High Rep – really?

By Jon on November 19, 2009

Rumours are reaching me via Twitter that Baroness Ashton, UK Labour politician and outgoing Commissioner for Trade is the individual the socialists are now backing to be the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Policy. I must say I am astounded.
Let me at least set the record straight about what I think about Ashton. I was not [...]

Posted in EU Politics, Euroblog, UK Politics | Tagged Baroness Ashton, Cathy Ashton, Herman Van Rompuy, High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, President of the European Council | 6 Responses

Is Anna Diamantopoulou going to be the PES Commission President candidate?

By Jon on May 12, 2009

OK, I am putting 2+2 together and making 10, but if I get this one right then you heard it here first!
Andy Carling, a regular commenter on this blog, stated that he had heard Poul Nyrup Rasmussen say at a press conference that the PES does have a candidate for President of the [...]

Posted in EU Politics, Euroblog | Tagged Anna Diamantopoulou, European Parliament Elections, Margot Wallström, PES, President of the European Commission | 10 Responses

2009
- How to really annoy a conference speaker - ThirdSector conference
  I've just finished making a presentation at a conference in London entitled "Cost-Effective
2008
- Paul Stinchcombe and the McCanns - two sides of the British media
  My visits to London give me a short, sharp dose of news in the UK - and what a dose over the last
2007
- Maryam Yazdanfar - you need more than Thatcher and the Queen
  Dailymotion blogged video The next in the series of videos from the SAP Congress - Maryam
2006
- Polly Toynbee on Sweden again
  Polly Toynbee is on about Sweden again in her column in The Guardian today - read it here. The