Posts tagged Herman Van Rompuy
European Leadership Award 2012
European Voice is announcing its intention to make an award to recognise outstanding leadership in the European Union: the European Leadership Award 2012.
Those shortlisted are Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany, Mario Monti, the prime minister of Italy, Radek Sikorski, the foreign minister of Poland, and Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council.
Tomorrow’s front page today. Cover article: Van Rompuy seeks to sway Hollande over fiscal treaty
Leaders of countries in the eurozone will meet for an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday (21 July). Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council, announced that the 17 heads of state or government will discuss a second bail-out for Greece and the stability of the eurozone. Officials hope that leaders will be able to reach agreement on how to involve the private sector in the next Greece rescue package at the meeting, which will start at noon.
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North Yorkshire, England (by mark deal 1)
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“[W]e tend to think of the information age as something entirely new. In fact, people have been wrestling with information for many centuries. If I...”
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Marble Bridge, Copenhagen, Denmark (by IvanNaurholm )
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This searing, deeply sympathetic portrait of young men fighting for their lives is regarded as the single greatest photographic achievement to...
