Brussels, 03/12/2012 (Agence Europe) - European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has repeated his opposition to election by direct universal suffrage of the president of institutions such as the European Commission or the European Council. He argues that such an approach would be counter-productive. “I said it in New York: you give this man or this woman a huge legitimacy. But if you keep the same competence for the top job, you organise the disappointment in advance”, he affirmed...