' a global role for the EU’s new president . . ?'

[konik]

A former right-hand man of Tony Blair is to lead Britain’s fight to draw up a global role for the EU’s new president in the face of opposition from countries determined to limit the job — and the possibility that Mr Blair will want it.
. . . . . . With the Benelux nations now seeking to curtail the president’s role in a move seen as an attempt to wreck Mr Blair’s candidacy, Sir Kim has the task of ensuring that the job lives up to the original vision — and the expectations of his former boss.

link . . . .http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6863799.ece

[passing]

LIMIT THE JOB!
LIMIT THE JOB!
and the possibility that Mr Blair will want it!!!!

...just give him a little office with some metal balls that go clack-clack.

[konik]

http://www.stevedee.biz/photos/jimmy.jpg

'' . . . . and theres more''

Confidential negotiations on how to implement the Lisbon Treaty have produced proposals to allow the EU to negotiate treaties and even open embassies across the world. . . . . . A letter conferring a full "legal personality" for the Union has been drafted in order for a new European diplomatic service to be recognised as fully fledged negotiators by international bodies and all non-EU countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

LINK : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/6266147/EU-draws-up-plans-to-establish-itself-as-world-power.html

[rodin]

I thought Rothschild was King of the Jews is it Blair now?