News Source: 7days
| 2 months ago
Resistance is growing to the idea of Tony Blair securing the future EU president’s post, with federalist Benelux countries loath to hand the job to the former prime minister of eurosceptic Britain. Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands this week...
News Source: Times Online
| 2 months ago
Mr Blair sent Sir Kim Darroch to be Britain’s Ambassador to Brussels in 2007. Sir Kim was at Mr Blair’s side in No 10 for three years, acting as a Europe adviser and helping in tough negotiations to keep the British budget rebate. With the...
News Source: The independent
| 2 months ago
Tony Blair has powerful supporters, but the timing is crucial "You are the guy for this job; you should do it," Nicolas Sarkozy told Tony Blair...But the former prime minister was non-committal; his reply was a shrug of the shoulders and that cheeky...
News Source: The Scotsman
| 2 months ago
S vote to ratify the European Union's (EU) Lisbon Treaty has cleared the way for the creation of the powerful post of president, intended to raise the bloc's standing on the global stage...The leaders of member countries will decide, probably this...