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EU Seeks Council President - Eurinfo Report

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Channel: Euractiv · 2009 · News & Politics

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The 'Yes' vote in the Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty brought closer to reality the notion of a European Union with one chairman and one high representative for foreign affairs. That was the intention of those who drew up the 2002 constitutional treaty and included those two new posts. Seven years later former institutional reform Commissioner Michel BARNIER is glad Europe finally has a complete toolbox: the Lisbon Treaty.
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00:43MEP Michel BARNIER (EPP, FR), in French
01:25Fredrik REINFELDT, Swedish Prime Minister, in English
02:24Poul NYRUP RASMUSSEN, President of the Party of European Socialists, in English
03:03Simon TAYLOR, "European Voice" journalist, in English
03:41MEP Jo LEINEN (S & D, DE), in English
04:30José Manuel BARROSO, President of the European Commission, in English
04:59MEP Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), in French
05:28MEP Rafał TRZASKOWSKI (EPP, PL), in Polish
06:01MEP Michel BARNIER (EPP, FR), in French
06:41Poul NYRUP RASMUSSEN, President of the Party of European Socialists, in English
07:29Cecilia MALMSTRÖM, Swedish Minister of EU Affairs, in French


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