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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10007
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/european council

Jean-Claude Juncker is available for permanent presidency of European Council

Brussels, 27/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - In an interview with the French daily Le Monde, the prime minister of Luxembourg said he was willing to accept the post of permanent president of the European Council. “I have learned that one does not run for such a post. You have to let others come to you. In 2004, all the heads of state and government asked me to become president of the Commission, but I had promised the people of Luxembourg that I would remain their prime minister, if re-elected....

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