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Published 11/01/2009 by Financial Times - Europe homepage

Brown still supports Blair as EU president

Downing Street rejected reports that Gordon Brown had given up on Tony Blair’s attempt to become the European Union’s president, and had instead switched his attention to sending David Miliband, foreign secretary, to Brussels

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