Brussels, 16/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - The idea of the British government putting Tony Blair forward as candidate for the post of permanent president of the European Council (EUROPE 9943) is “absurd”, the co-presidents of the Greens Group at the European Parliament say. With Tony Blair at the European Council and José Manuel Barroso at the helm of the Commission, the two highest EU representatives would both be “ardent defenders of the war in Iraq”, say Daniel Cohn-Bendit and...