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Thursday, November 19, 2009

New Execs for the EU

The EU has selected a president and a foreign minister. The foreign minister is likely to be the more powerful of the two.

European Union settles on a Belgian and a Briton for top posts
Herman Van Rompuy, the prime minister of Belgium, is to become the EU's first full-time president Jan. 1, filling a post aimed at helping strengthen and streamline the alliance...

EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton, a member of Britain's Labor Party, was chosen as the bloc's new foreign minister...


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