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Date Posted: 07:04:24 07/15/09 Wed
Author: pastor lewis
Subject: BROWN BACKS BLAIR AS BRITISH CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT OF EUROPE

BROWN BACKS BLAIR AS BRITISH CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT OF EUROPE

July 15, 2009

The Times Online reports: “Tony Blair was named for the first time as the Government's candidate for President of the European Council today.

Confirming that Britain is pushing Mr Blair's case for a dramatic return to frontline politics, Baroness Kinnock, the Europe Minister, said that Mr Blair's ‘strength of character’ made him the ideal person for the job created under the Lisbon Treaty.

Mr Blair himself has avoided declaring his hand or openly campaigning ahead of the decision on the new high-profile post, which is expected to be made by heads of the EU governments at their summit in late October if the Lisbon Treaty passes a second referendum in Ireland on October 2.

The former Prime Minister is currently working as a special envoy to the Middle East for the Quartet of the UN, US, EU and Russia.

The new role, often shortened to President of Europe, is to organize and preside over regular meetings of the 27 EU leaders and has been referred to as the George Washington of Europe.

‘The UK government is supporting Tony Blair's candidature for President of the Council,’ Mrs. Kinnock told journalists in Strasbourg today…”

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