EU President: Herman Van Rompuy

2009-11-19 12:36:20

#1

CameronPoe: Member; +2,925|6842

Rejoice! Tony Blair drifts off into the grey obscurity of his own guilt and sycophantic failure!

So how do fellow Europeans see this appointment, and that of the EU Foreign Minister? A good choice? A poor choice? A 'who the fuck is he?' choice?

What do you think the role of the EU president should be in the context of the diversity of nations that make up the EU?

What do you think the role of the EU foreign minister should be in the context of the diversity of nations that make up the EU?

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2009-11-19 12:44:31

#2

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5645|London, England

Y'all really had to go and fuck up a system that worked for thousands of years just to add more beurocracy and control to a smaller number of people didn't ya. Consolidation of power is never a good thing. You just gave Napoleon and Hitler what they wanted without even lifting a finger to stop it. Grats.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2009-11-19 12:45:30

#3

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6936

Is he the guy from Belgium, or was it Luxembourg?

2009-11-19 12:50:14

#4

jord: Member; +2,382|6965|The North, beyond the wall.

Good one John, anyway...

The whole ordeal begs the question, "Who cares". So out of a load of unknown small time politicians and Tony Blair one of the small timer's won. Congrats to Herman, another bureaucratic position has been created and he got he position. Wooo. Now I guess Russia, China and the US will take this guy seriously and know that he speaks for the whole of a united Europe, not.

As long as he stops the EU trying to take our fucking carriers off us and introduce the Euro I'll support him.

2009-11-19 12:53:03

#5

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6908|London, England

All this shit is bollocks, it's not surprising though that the Germans or French or Italians want a united Europe though, that's what they've been trying to do for the past thousand or so years anyway

People would gladly tell this guy to fuck off, even moreso if it was Tony Blair

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2009-11-19 15:44:02

#6

CameronPoe: Member; +2,925|6842

The selection of Van Rompuy is interesting in that if the EU really wanted to be the superstate everyone suspects them to want to become, they would have chosen somebody totally different from him. The EU 'President' is a misnomer, his hands are completely tied by the strong national rights each member nation retains. There could never be an EU 'President' in the US mould.

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2009-11-20 00:47:20

#7

DonFck: Hibernator; +3,227|6918|Finland

I see no point in the whole Pres/PM names. If anything. they should be called chairman/secretary because I don't remember voting for anyone. That being said, I don't remember voting regarding the whole Lisbon-thing either. Oh yeah, that's right, we didn't get to vote.

So thank goodness that there's no actual power involved. Yet.

/tinfoil hat

I need around tree fiddy.

2009-11-20 01:17:14

#8

FlemishHCmaniac: Member; +147|6699|Belgium

To be honest, I'd rather he hadn't won just for the simple fact that there's going to be a massive shit storm when they'll have to appoint the new PM of Belgium. The francophones are going to be crying bloody murder if it's not going to be a Walloon...

However, I don't think his election came as a surprise. It was obvious that they weren't going to elect someone from the bigger nations, because now they can still exert their influence on a global scale whilst ignoring the rather hollow function that is the EU presidency. A president from a smaller country means he can't just use his political or economic power, he'll have to still rely on the big players. I think he's going to act more as a puppet.

2009-11-20 01:54:41

#9

Varegg: Support fanatic :-); +2,206|7097|Nårvei

Artisari would have been the better choice tbh ...

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2009-11-20 07:13:45

#10

Ultrafunkula: Hector: Ding, ding, ding, ding...; +1,975|6760|6 6 4 oh, I forget

https://img.mtv3.fi/mn_kuvat/mtv3/uutiset/ulkomaat/valtiomiehet_ja_poliitikot/838487.jpg

Well congratz to you both I suppose. I thought there was going to be a EU wide election about this. Oh, well. Spares me from going to draw a picture of Batman on the piece of paper again. Honestly, I don't know what I should expect from these guys. Go do you jerbs?

Eggy, do you mean Ahtisaari?

2009-11-20 07:14:44

#11

Varegg: Support fanatic :-); +2,206|7097|Nårvei

Ja ... that fat finnish dude

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2009-11-20 07:18:45

#12

DonFck: Hibernator; +3,227|6918|Finland

Ultrafunkula wrote:

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Well congratz to you both I suppose. I thought there was going to be a EU wide election about this. Oh, well. Spares me from going to draw a picture of Batman on the piece of paper again. Honestly, I don't know what I should expect from these guys. Go do you jerbs?

Eggy, do you mean Ahtisaari?

Behind closed doors yesterday, Fredrik Reinfeldt held an Uglyness Contest. Male pageant winner got to be prez and the femal pageant winner PM.

Good thing politics has nothing to do with how you look.

I need around tree fiddy.

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