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Socialists emerge as frontrunners for EU foreign job

Romanian MEP Adrian Severin and former Italian Prime Minister Massimo D’Alema have emerged as frontrunners for the new EU foreign minister job to be created by the Lisbon Treaty, EurActiv has learned. But the pair is facing difficulties with their candidacies at home and abroad respectively.

Van Rompuy’s low-key leadership 'well-suited for EU' [FR]

Consensus-building Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy is the right man at the right time to become Europe’s first full-time president, according to a Belgian academic report which uses an American technique to analyse his style of leadership.

Miliband turns down EU foreign policy job [FR] [DE]

Phantom MEPs cause political 'nightmare' [FR] [DE]

Tory MEPs quit over Cameron's EU policy

Hungary nominates economist to EU Commission [FR]

UK Conservatives vow to fight back after Lisbon setback [DE]

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Choosing 'Mr(s). Europe'

The Treaty of Lisbon, expected to enter into force in late 2009, introduces two new European top jobs: a high-profile president who will chair EU summit meetings for a two-and-a-half year term and a revamped foreign policy chief. (read more)

The new European Commission [FR] [DE]

The selection of a new European Commission, never the simplest of political tasks, will this year be more complex than ever. (read more)

The 'Treaty of Lisbon' [FR] [DE]

EU leaders believe the Lisbon Treaty will rejuvenate the decision-making apparatus of the EU institutions, making the functioning of the 27-member Union more efficient and democratic. (read more)

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