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Anti-Blair

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Name: Anti-Blair
First Reported 10/28/2009 - Updated 10/29/2009 - 2 Documents
Battle lines drawn against Blair for president
LUXEMBOURG Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker and Britain’s opposition Conservatives have stepped up efforts to derail Tony Blair’s candidacy for the European Union’s top job as the region’s leaders try to pick their first president. Juncker said on Tuesday ... [Business Day - 10/29/2009]
First Reported 10/29/2009 - Updated 10/29/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)
Jean-Claude Juncker - Click to view 360-page
Jean-Claude Juncker
EU leaders to debate Blair presidency on summit sidelines
Climate talks overshadowed by divisive subject of Tony Blair's candidacy to be Europe's first president European government chiefs gather in Brussels this evening for a summit likely to be the first occasion to broach the divisive subject of Tony Blair's ... [Guardian.co.uk - 10/29/2009]
First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 1 Documents
Tony Blair - Click to view image in its original context
Tony Blair
Blair's Bid to Be EU President Failing
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's bid to become the first sitting President of the European President has collapsed finding little support among the European centre-right nor the left. The leftist view is perhaps best articulated by Luxembourg's ... [MyDD - 10/30/2009]
First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 1 Documents
Angela Merkel - Click to view image in its original context
Angela Merkel
EU Presidency: why Tony Blairs hopes are fading fast
Earlier this week, Tony Blair was laying down the terms under which he would accept the EU presidency - or least his friends were on his behalf: it had to be a 'proper job', worthy of his immense international stature. Today, he's looking like the least ... [First Post - 10/30/2009]
First Reported 11/01/2009 - Updated 11/01/2009 - 1 Documents
David Miliband - Click to view image in its original context
David Miliband
John Rentoul: It's Miliband's turn for hard choices
And they're all about him. Should he aim to be Europe's foreign minister, or wait and see what else might come up?CloseHaving spoken to well-placed sources, I can reveal that David Miliband's preferences for his next job are in this order: 1. Prime minister ... [The Independent - 11/01/2009]
First Reported 10/22/2009 - Updated 10/22/2009 - 1 Documents
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European Union
David Miliband touted for EU foreign post
David Charter in BrusselsBlair’s EU ambitions threatened by surprise foreign minister contender/Miliband surprise contender for EU foreign minister/His entry into the field threaten’s Tony Blair’s presidential ambitions as the two posts cannot be filled ... [Times Online - 10/22/2009]
First Reported 10/24/2009 - Updated 10/24/2009 - 1 Documents
William Hague - Click to view image in its original context
William Hague
Tony Blair for President
Like his mentor Bill Clinton, tony Blair is poised to become the comeback kid of his generation. Europe's chattering class is currently buzzing with speculation that the former British prime minister is about to emerge from semiretirement to become president ... [MSNBC Newsweek - 10/24/2009]
First Reported 10/24/2009 - Updated 10/24/2009 - 1 Documents
Tony Blair, Former British Prime Minister
Like his mentor Bill Clinton, tony Blair is poised to become the comeback kid of his generation. Europe's chattering class is currently buzzing with speculation that the former British prime minister is about to emerge from semiretirement to become president ... [MSNBC Newsweek - 10/24/2009]
First Reported 10/26/2009 - Updated 10/26/2009 - 1 Documents
President Blair? Over Hague's dead body!
Tony Blair is widely regarded as favourite to become the first President of the European Council, elected, if that is the right word, by the leaders of all 27 EU countries.But, Houston, there is a problem: The Tories are incandescent at the prospect, ... [Sky News - 10/26/2009]
First Reported 10/28/2009 - Updated 10/28/2009 - 1 Documents
Why the EU does not yet need a big shot
POOR Tony Blair — sabotaged by his own countryman. Just weeks ago, Blair looked like the frontrunner to be president of the European Union (EU). But now William Hague, Britain’s shadow foreign secretary, has let the rest of Europe know that the opposition ... [Business Day - 10/28/2009]
First Reported 10/12/2009 - Updated 10/12/2009 - 1 Documents
Opposition mounts to Blair EU presidency
Some of the most virulent opposition to Tony Blair getting the new top job in the EU, the council presidency, is coming from the ranks of his own Socialists and not just in Britain, but all over Europe.The latest MEP to seemingly cast doubt on Blair ... [TheParliament.com - 10/12/2009]
First Reported 10/14/2009 - Updated 10/14/2009 - 1 Documents
Berlusconi says: 'Vote Tony' for EU president
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday (14 October) came out in favour of "Forza Blair" as president of the European Council."Tony Blair has all the credentials to become the first president of the European Council," ... [EUobserver - 10/14/2009]

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...Both jobs cannot go to Britons, on the principle set out by Abraham Lincoln: "I suppose if the Twelve Apostles were to be chosen nowadays the shrieks of locality would have to be heard."
John Rentoul: It's Miliband's turn for hard choices [The Independent - 11/01/2009]
...has kept quiet about his ambitions, the BritishBritish government is campaigning increasingly assertively on the former prime minister's behalf. "We will be making the case for a strong, internationally known figure who can open doors in [foreign] capitals" said an official. 'There is only one candidate...
EU leaders to debate Blair presidency on summit sidelines [Guardian.co.uk - 10/29/2009]

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John Rentoul: It's Miliband's turn for hard cho... [The Independent - 11/01/2009]
EU Presidency: why Tony Blairs hopes are fading... [First Post - 10/30/2009]
Tony Blairs chances of EU presidency... [Times Online - 10/30/2009]
How Angela Merkel quietly sank Tony Blair's bid... [Guardian.co.uk - 10/29/2009]
EU leaders to debate Blair presidency on summit... [Guardian.co.uk - 10/29/2009]
Battle lines drawn against Blair for president [Business Day - 10/29/2009]
Tony Blair: President Of Europe? [Forbes.com - 10/29/2009]
Blair bid for EU presidency wins support from B... [The Independent - 10/29/2009]
Tories warn of 'five year war' over President B... [Telegraph - 10/28/2009]
Why the EU does not yet need a big shot [Business Day - 10/28/2009]
President Blair? Over Hague's dead body! [Sky News - 10/26/2009]
Tony Blair, Former British Prime Minister [MSNBC Newsweek - 10/24/2009]
Tony Blair for President [MSNBC Newsweek - 10/24/2009]
David Miliband touted for EU foreign post [Times Online - 10/22/2009]
Blairs high profile hurting his EU bid [Times Online - 10/17/2009]
Berlusconi says: 'Vote Tony' for EU president [EUobserver - 10/14/2009]
Opposition mounts to Blair EU presidency [TheParliament.com - 10/12/2009]
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Tony Blair divides the Socialists again [THE HONEYBALL BUZZ - 11/11/2009]
I have just come from a meeting of the European Parliament Socialists and Democrats (S & D) Group – the one which used to be called the Party of European Socialists ...
Blair's Bid to Be EU President Failing [MyDD - 10/30/2009]
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's bid to become the first sitting President of the European President has collapsed finding little support among the European ...
A lesson in anti-Blairism [Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 08/10/2009]
As Ed Balls outflanks Harman and Mandelson in wooing the Labour left, pupils will pay the priceIt may have been the moment when we tried to whip up concern that ...
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