World news about “President of the European Council” published by euronews.
Europe Weekly: nuclear cheque and voter incentives In the Europe Weekly review of important stories, Hungary’s ruling party is criticised as undemocratic, over a new constitution. Tensions remain at the… 22/04/2011
EC President sees new fiscal treaty by mid-2012A new fiscal treaty with stricter budget rules will be in place by mid-2012, according to the European Council’s president. Herman Van Rompuy says the first… 13/12/2011
Van Rompuy announces new fiscal pact for euro zoneThe president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, announced a new budgetary pact for the euro zone, saying all currency members and six others had… 09/12/2011
MEPs question Commissioners’ competence one by oneThe European Parliament has begun confirmation hearings for the next European Commission. Britain’s Baroness Catherine Ashton was first to take the stand, to… 11/01/2010
Rompuy convenes Council on economyHerman Van Rompuy has kicked off his official first week of work as the European Union’s first full-time Council president. He underscored his view that the… 04/01/2010
New EU president enjoys being low-keyEurope’s first permanent president is enjoying his last few days of relative obscurity before Monday’s first day in the job. Herman van Rompuy was catapulted… 01/01/2010
Rompuy takes EU pulses amid finance angerIncoming European Council President Herman Van Rompuy continues to take the pulse in halls of EU power, the latest that of French President Nicolas Sarkozy… 04/12/2009
EU’s Rompuy on tour, Ashton under fireHerman Van Rompuy is making the rounds of the EU capitals in his role as the European Council’s newly-appointed full-time president. The Belgian former prime… 02/12/2009
Will the Belgian scoop the top job?Herman Van Rompuy the unassuming Prime Minister of Belgium is now tipped to become arguably the most powerful person in the European Union. The bookmakers… 19/11/2009
Will a woman lead the EU?She has been called the Iron Lady from the East. Could 71-year-old Vaira Vike-Freiberge, the former Latvian President become the President of the EU and end… 19/11/2009
EU urged to offer top posts to womenPressure is mounting on Europe’s leaders to do more to get women into the EU – one day before two of the bloc’s top jobs are decided. Earlier, several… 18/11/2009
Top job consensus elusiveEU leaders are struggling to agree who should get the new top jobs created by the Lisbon Treaty. There is a strong feeling that one, probably the President… 17/11/2009
Tony Blair, ex-favourite for EU presidentFormer Prime Minister of Britain Tony Blair was for months a frontrunner for the new job of President of the European Union. But the closer the appointment… 16/11/2009
Van Rompuy, from obscurity to power playPrime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Fleming Herman Van Rompuy gained substantial favour as a candidate for the new job of full-time European Union… 16/11/2009
