For Blair, Power trumps Money

[Cort Haus]

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/tonyblair/story/0,,2251169,00.html

[Krill]

Summary?

[Cort Haus]

Tony wants to be the President of the EU, even though he's got a fortune lined up for him in plush private sector consultancy roles. He will have to forfeit these if he is to become Fuhrer.

[Cort Haus]

Interestingly, though perhaps not surprisingly, nowhere does the article feature the words "elected" or "democracy".

EU = 4th Reich

[Eli]

Why do we expect our leaders to be a human version of the care-bears? In light of human history, this makes no sense at all.

[Cort Haus]

Who said anything about care-bears? I was talking about democracy, and before that I was making an observation about money v power, and not a value-judgememnt.

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
Interestingly, though perhaps not surprisingly, nowhere does the article feature the words "elected" or "democracy".

EU = 4th Reich

[Riesstiu IV]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
EU = 4th Reich

All hail Reichsführer Blair.

[BeBMan]

Jawohl!

[Harovan]

I don't care who is at the helm of the EU, even if it is such a lowlife like Blair. Disband it and be done with it. EU

[C0ckney]

The president of the European council of ministers is a post created under the Lisbon treaty. The president will be the permanent chair of the council of ministers, Europe's chief decision-making body.

some might remember this better as the european constitution, rejected by french and dutch voters in 2005. now after a few words have been changed, it is being forced through with the utter contempt for democracy that we've come to expect from the EU.

[Provost Harrison]

Yeah, but power and money are both his favourite things. After that comes family and that kind of sh*t.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by C0ckney
some might remember this better as the european constitution, rejected by french and dutch voters in 2005. now after a few words have been changed, it is being forced through with the utter contempt for democracy that we've come to expect from the EU.

QFT

[Dr Strangelove]

How is the President chosen?

Does the EU have enough power to make this into a big deal?

[Dinner]

I bet the President of the EU can't even make a commemorative postage stamp without the approval of a committee, agreement of all heads of state, and a general election.