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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10080

18 February 2010
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/european council
Herman Van Rompuy plans to organise European Councils almost every month as of 2011

Brussels, 17/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - As of 2011, Herman Van Rompuy would like to bring EU heads of state and government together almost every month, at least nine or ten times a year. The permanent president seeks to considerably strengthen the role of initiative, reflection and political decision-making of European leaders and to make the European Council a kind of European government, comparable to Councils of Ministers in national governments. Not content with simply approving the...

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