President of the European Council
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15 June 20117The Daily Telegraph London
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European council
Blair and Merkel want the top job
10 June 20116PresseuropPresseurop -
23 December 20102PresseuropLe Soir
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European Council
Some life lessons from Brussels
24 November 2009Rzeczpospolita Warsaw -
Editorial
In praise of small members
20 November 20092Presseurop -
European Council
Herman who? Catherine what?
20 November 2009Presseurop -
European Council
Electing the president, behind closed doors
18 November 2009Presseurop -
After Lisbon (1)
Waiting for the European Washington
6 October 2009Le Monde Paris
In the wake of Tony Blair’s declaration that Europe needs further integration, with a democratically elected president to lead it, a Daily Telegraph columnist argues that the only people who will benefit is Brussels’ army of Eurocrats. 
What do the recent appointments of Herman Van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton at the top of Commission have to teach us about the European Union? About five things, according to Paweł Lisicki, editor in chief of Warsaw daily Rzeczpospolita, and not one of them easy to digest. 
The appointment of Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy to the post of President of the European council and British Commissioner for Trade Catherine Ashton as High Representative for Foreign Affairs has not been well received by the European press, which was hoping for more charismatic European representatives. 
On 19 November, leaders of Europe's 27 member states will settle the question of who is to head the European Council and the EU's diplomatic service. However, for the European press, a process which should have marked a milestone on the road to European integration has been marred by a lack of transparency. 
Ireland's "Yes" to the Lisbon Treaty has relaunched speculation about the identity of the future President of the European Union. However, writing in Le Monde, Arnaud Leparmentier takes the view that the quest for a leader with the charisma to unite Europe's 27 member states, who are unable to speak with one voice, may well be in vain.