President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy warned against protectionism, nationalism and euroskepticism in the first annual “Europe Address” in Berlin. The speech, organized by three German policy institutes, is meant to to measure progress in European integration and is to take place every year on November 9, the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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“EU supports whole Bosnia-Herzegovinaâ€
October 20th, 2010 |
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President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy has stated in Sarajevo that the EU will continue to support Bosnia-Herzegovina as a whole.
According to him, the EU will support Bosnia-Herzegovina “which is capable of speaking with one voice and which is making a solid progress on its European pathâ€.
EU’s Rompuy starts Balkan tour
October 19th, 2010 |
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President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy has arrived on an official visit to Montenegro. After Montenegro, he will travel to Bosnia, Macedonia and Albania.
“Fight against corruption crucial for Kosovo”
July 6th, 2010 |
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President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy is visiting Priština today for meeting with Kosovo Albanian officials.
Ahead of his trip, he told Albanian language daily Zeri that the fight against corruption and organized crime is the main precondition Kosovo needs to meet if it wants to achieve progress in any important area, including the accession to European institutions.
President meets with EU’s Rompuy in Belgrade
July 5th, 2010 |
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President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy was visiting Serbia and was expected to “confirm the Western Balkans’ European perspective”, said reports.
Van Rompuy is in Belgrade this Monday where he has met with Serbian President Boris Tadić.
“Rompuy and Pohor worried about N. Kosovo”
July 5th, 2010 |
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President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy today met with Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor in Brdo pri Kranju.
The two expressed their concern over the recent events in northern Kosovo, said reports.
Rompuy to visit Belgrade on July 6
July 1st, 2010 |
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President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy will visit Belgrade on July 6, Rompuy’s cabinet stated for Tanjug on Thursday.
According to his deputy spokesman Jesus Carmona, Rompuy will begin his mini tour of the Balkans on Monday, which will include his visit to Slovenia on July 5, and to Croatia, Belgrade and Priština on July 6.
EU summit focuses on return to growth
June 17th, 2010 |
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Leaders of the 27 EU countries are tucking into a one-day summit centered on tackling public debt and getting back to economic growth. Europe’s finances remain in a fragile state, but after three summits dominated by the Greek debt crisis, there was a lighter mood around the table early on. A point not lost on the Council president. Herman Van Rompuy said:
EU president publishes haiku collection
April 15th, 2010 |
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The president of the European Union, Herman Van Rompuy, on Thursday published his first collection of poems in the Japanese style called haiku. The ascetic 62-year-old Belgian politician, economist and philosopher is famed in Brussels for his love of the terse poems. His habit of writing them to comment on everyday scenes was not derailed by his December appointment as the EU’s top politician.
Tadić meets with EU’s Rompuy
March 27th, 2010 |
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Serbian President Boris Tadić met in Brussels with European Council President Herman van Rompuy. After meeting with Rompuy, Tadić said that Serbia will never recognize Kosovo and that Belgrade has clear guidelines regarding cooperation with the province.
Van Rompuy “pities” Farage for tirade
March 11th, 2010 |
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The president of the EC, Herman Van Rompuy, has said he pities Nigel Farage, the British MEP who called him a “damp rag” last month. Van Rompuy said his popularity had soared in Belgium, following the tirade from the Eurosceptic Farage.
Rompuy: Ratification of SAA in June
March 5th, 2010 |
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European President Herman Van Rompuy said after talks with Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković that he was hoping that the SAA would be ratified by June. Van Rompuy expressed satisfaction in the fact that the interim trade part of Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) has taken effect, adding that he fully supports the integration of Serbia and the Western Balkans into the EU.
British MEP fined over “insulting” tirade
March 3rd, 2010 |
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Eurosceptic MEP Nigel Farage has been fined just under 3,000 euros after refusing to apologise for a tirade in the European Parliament. He was reprimanded for “insulting” behaviour after telling President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy he had “the charisma of a damp rag”.
Tirade against “damp rag†EU president
February 25th, 2010 |
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A British Eurosceptic MEP has unleashed a volley of insults against the President of the European Council. Nigel Farage, who leads UK Independence Party (UKIP) MEPS in the European parliament, said Herman van Rompuy had “the charisma of a damp rag”.
European Union’s Lisbon Treaty comes into force
December 2nd, 2009 |
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Lisbon: With the aim of stremalining EU decision making, the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty has come into force. The European Union welcomed the Lisbon Treaty with a ceremony in Lisbon.
The new treaty lays out a series of fundamental changes within the European Union, including creating the bloc’s first permanent president.
Former Belgian prime minister Herman Van [...]
“Rompuy, Ashton appointments not bad news”
November 20th, 2009 |
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European Movement’s Tanja MiÅ¡Äević said she was surprised by the election of Herman Van Rompuy ad Catherine Ashton, but that this is “not bad news for Serbia”. “Now we have a very good chance to speak to the people who don’t know us. According to my information neither the former Belgian Prime Minister Van Rompuy nor Ashton, who was in charge of foreign trade in Great Britain, have had much contact with us,†she said.
“Rompuy, Ashton appointments not bad news”
November 20th, 2009 |
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European Movement’s Tanja MiÅ¡Äević said she was surprised by the election of Herman Van Rompuy ad Catherine Ashton, but that this is “not bad news for Serbia”. “Now we have a very good chance to speak to the people who don’t know us. According to my information neither the former Belgian Prime Minister Van Rompuy nor Ashton, who was in charge of foreign trade in Great Britain, have had much contact with us,†she said.
Van Rompuy, Ashton new pan-EU leaders
November 20th, 2009 |
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Low-key Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy has been named the new full time President of the European Council. Briton Catherine Ashton has been designated the EU’s first consolidated High Representative of Foreign and Security Policy.
Name a famous Belgian
November 19th, 2009 |
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Two minor but competent figures will be president and high representative of the EU
A MAN who has been Belgian prime minister for less than a year and a British technocrat who has never held elected office were chosen by European Union leaders on Thursday November 19th to represent their 27 countries around the world, and lead their policymaking at the highest level. It seems odd to appoint people as little-known as Herman Van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton to such big jobs.
For nearly a decade, EU politicians have been wrangling about a new rule book, calling for Europe to equip itself with leadership posts that would help their club to stride the world stage. Yet by the time national leaders arrived at a Brussels summit to fill the new posts of president of the European Council and EU foreign-policy chief, or high representative, their boasts and ambition were a sad memory. …
Will Belgian scoop top EU job?
November 19th, 2009 |
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Herman Van Rompuy the unassuming Prime Minister of Belgium is now tipped to become arguably the most powerful person in the European Union. The bookmakers have him leading the race for the top job and ahead of tonight’s ballot in which the 27 leaders will choose their president it’s Van Rompuy who is the surprise favourite.