08/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - Herman Van Rompuy, the recently appointed permanent president of the European Council, is ready to have “intense dialogue” with the European Parliament but has no intention of going beyond what is imposed upon him by the Lisbon Treaty, namely to report to MEPs after each European summit. “Unlike the Commission and its president, the European Council president is accountable to the EP”, Mr Van Rompuy said in a speech delivered before the CSU in Wildbad...