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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9943

16 July 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/european council
London to support Tony Blair as stable president

Brussels, 15/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - The British government of Gordon Brown would support an application by Tony Blair for the position of stable President of the European Council, as provided for by the Treaty of Lisbon, British Minister for Europe Glenys Kinnock, has announced. Mr Blair, the former prime minister and current special envoy of the Quartet for the Middle East, has not yet announced his intention to stand (sources close to him have stated that there is no point discussing...

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