President Blair: Former PM Set to Become EU Chief
'Tony Blair is poised to become the first President of Europe after it was confirmed that French leader Nicolas Sarkozy is determined to help him win the post.
A senior aide to President Sarkozy told a private gathering of senior British and French politicians that he is to tell fellow EU leaders that Mr Blair is the only man who can help Europe stand up to the rest of the world.
The remark by Alain Minc, a key member of Mr Sarkozy's inner circle, is the second French blow to Gordon Brown's standing in two days, coming after Mr Sarkozy said Mr Brown's decision to combat the recession by cutting VAT was a 'mistake'.'
An Unelected British President For Ireland
'The news today that Tony Blair is set to be parachuted into the new job of President of the EU by Nicolas Sarkozy is a gift to the 'No to Lisbon' campaigners in Ireland. I can hear the arguments already: 'We fought to be independent of any British prime minister, now we have another one being forced on us.'
It was bad tactics of Sarkozy to be so open about his intention to make Blair the EU president before the Irish are forced to vote a second time of the Lisbon Treaty. But then, Sarkozy is carelessly arrogant in his dealings with the Irish over their vote.'
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