Barroso still seen as ‘number one’ in Brussels

Article reports that Herman Van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton may have won the long-running contest to determine the European Union’s first full-time President of the European Council and foreign affairs chief, November 2009, but the real winner may have been José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President.

EurActiv, 23.11.09: Analyst: Van Rompuy 'will not overshadow EU leaders' http://www.euractiv.com/future-eu/analyst-van-rompuy-overshadow-eu-news-223000

ESO: Background information: Van Rompuy closes in on EU presidency http://www.europeansources.info/record/van-rompuy-takes-eu-presidency/

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