Herman Van Rompuy
Summary
Herman Achille Van Rompuy (pronounced [ˈɦɛɾmɑn vɑn ˈɾɔmpœy] ( listen); born 31 October 1947) is the first long term and full time President of the European Council (until the Treaty of Lisbon, the position had rotated among the Prime Ministers of the Member States for six months each, since then they choose a President of their meetings for a 2½ year period, renewable once). A Belgian politician of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party, he served as the 49th Prime Minister of Belgium from 30 December 2008 until his predecessor (Yves Leterme) succeeded him on 25 November 2009.On 19 November 2009 Van Rompuy was elected by the members of the European Council as the first full time President of the European Council under the Treaty of Lisbon.
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David Cameron checks-in to EU summit, but local politicians still nervous about social
Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Brussels today to discuss the EU Budget with other senior political figures.
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Laptop charity uses Facebook to link donors, recipients
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - With many charities, donors have little idea about the recipients of their money. A Belgium-based laptop charity offers an alternative by linking the two using Facebook.
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The week ahead: Hunt at Leveson, Julian Assange appeal and the Jubilee Pageant
It’s another mega-week at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards, with inquiry veteran Tony Blair facing Robert Jay QC’s X-ray specs of justice on Monday. He’ll be grilled on whether the relationship between the press and politicians has grown too close, a subject on which a three-time Labour Prime Minister who is godfather to a [.
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The week ahead: G8, Egyptian elections and Adam Smith at Leveson
After spending two days at Camp David saving the world, the Avengers reassembled in Chicago on Sunday for the NATO Summit, where talks continue (handily for this blog) on Monday. Presidents Obama and Karzai are set to sign the agreement which will set out the terms of the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014, [.
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Journalists’ guide to the big stories of the week ahead
A journalists’ guide to the week ahead provided by Foresight News. Foreign Secretary William Hague attends a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council on Monday, and Syria is likely to dominate. President Bashar Al-Assad has only ramped up the brutal campaign against rebels since the recent vetoing of two UN Security Council resolutions by Russia [.
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European Council Changes Course on 'Tweetwall' After Berlusconi Insults
The social network platform Twitter broke the one billion tweets barrier as it celebrated its fifth anniversary in March of this year. Since October of 2010, the European Council and its President Herman Van Rompuy have contributed to this record result. Twitter gives politicians a chance to better connect with their voters.
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Journalisted Yearly: Elections, World Cups, and WikiLeaks
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