Sweden Closing In on Choice of First-Ever EU President

Swedish European Affairs Minister Cecilia Malmstrom, walking in to a meeting of European foreign ministers tells journalists that she expects EU prime ministers and presidents will choose the first-ever permanent president of the European Union at their dinner meeting on Thursday evening. Among the unofficial candidates: Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, Belgian PM Van Rompuy, Dutch PM Balkenende, and several others. Sweden currently holds the rotating six-month presidency of the union, which puts their ministers and prime-minister in charge of the key EU meetings during the second half of 2009. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is mentioned as a possible candidate for the post of European Foreign Minister.

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[Pustefasrevengeaaa]

does the video stop at minute 1:00 for anyone?

[EUXTV]

it's actually one 1 minute long. rest is black. :(

[thehydra08]

I agree! No Blair! However, he won't make it. I still think, Juncker has some good chances...

[cat22203]

anybody else except this thug Tony Blair! Look what he did to Britain with the war in Iraq and how he is an American agent that instead of making the EU a global power, he will force the EU to kiss all the neocon asses!

[crestinortodox4ever]

I agree. I don't think anybody mentioned up untill now that there will ever be an EU president. As always, they are moving towards the big plan and one day we will have a world president. Not sure what the next step they'll make but I got a really bad feeling about this. May God have mercy on us.

[TheBoxerDogs]

another move towards complete tyranny.

[SmileLoveForgive]

wait a second, the people didn't elect him...so, on what basis did they make Van Rompuy president of the EU?

[delamotteh]

A flemish is now the President ! But where is the peole ? We want to elect the president ! It is a shame !

[boffa994]

Rise of the Revived Roman Empire. This posiotn of Eu President will give rise to the antichrist.

[Pustefasrevengeaaa]

ah ok!

I thought there was something wrong with my browser... :)

[Doenietmeermee]

While we said no in the referendum and since they "explained" it better to us Dutch sheeple and got the Irish on their knees (something Tatcher never managed!) we now still have the other option left; become real proud that we are Bilderbergers and that we embrace our new leader not as dictator, but as the chosen one, and accept vaccination as token of our gratitude to be able to take part in the glorious future, or we are glad to do what we have to do.

[ELMARIACHIZELAYA]

black screen of death

[badillocchristian]

yes