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Special summit on 19 November 2009 - Fredrik Reinfeldt does not rule out voting on new jobs - Second Barroso Commission unlikely to take up office before 1 February 2010

Brussels, 11/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - The Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU has convened a special EU summit on Thursday 19 November 2009 (meeting over dinner in the early evening) to decide who will get the new EU jobs - the President of the European Council, the High Representative (HR) for Foreign Affairs and the new Secretary General of the Council. At a press conference in Brussels on Wednesday 11 November 2009, the Swedish prime minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, said he would be...