tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post4158029829945886812..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Ex-future-president BlairJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-23219796210240729812009-10-31T12:19:45.674+00:002009-10-31T12:19:45.674+00:00Pul-eeze! The post is President of the EU Council ...Pul-eeze! The post is President of the EU Council of Ministers, not the whole Union. The presidents of Parliament and the Commission will remain. The former will have enhanced powers when the Lisbon Treaty is implemented. That's good.<br /><br />And of course, the post of President of the Council already exists. At present it is held on a six-month rotating basis by each member state. Remember the Cardiff 'Summit'? The new arrangement is for a thirty month term of office (renewable once) by someone who does not have a member state role. Unlike the present arrangement, the new post will be full time but not, as the mainstream media says, permanent.<br /><br />What's the big deal?Pelagiusnoreply@blogger.com