EU is warned over haggling for presidency

Article reports increasing fears by diplomats and commentators, November 2009, that the European Union’s ambitions to increase its global influence with a new president and foreign policy chief risk being deflated by an appointment system emphasising horse-trading at the expense of strong candidates.

A majority of the EU’s 27 national leaders are deeply uncomfortable with the idea that the bloc’s first full-time president might overshadow them – diminishing the status of national governments in the process.

ESO: Background information: EU top job search is too narrow http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-top-job-search-is-too-narrow/

PressEurop, 18.11.09: Electing the president, behind closed doors http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/140061-electing-president-behind-closed-doors

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