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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9617

7 March 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/european council

06/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern is to be added to the list of those running for the post of president of the European Council, as foreseen in the Lisbon Treaty, the Irish press reports. Mr Ahern is said to have the support of several small member states as well as Poland. Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who is already cited as one of the possible candidates, is also said to be ready to leave his post at the end of this year (after having organised...

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