The search for a third candidate

The Czech constitutional court in Brno has postponed its decision on the Lisbon Treaty and is thus influencing the election of the EU president, the business paper Il Sole 24 Ore writes: "Coming at a time when [Czech President Václac] Klaus had backed down and declared his willingness to sign the Treaty, the adjournment of the judges in Prague [sic] has reshuffled the cards. … At this point perhaps only one thing is for sure - that the candidacies of [Tony] Blair and [Jean-Claude] Juncker will cancel each other out. While for many Blair is not pro-European enough, Juncker is regarded as too European, so now the search is on for a third man. The names that are currently doing the rounds don't exactly have us on the edge of our seats: Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, former Finnish prime minister Paavo Lipponen or former Austrian chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel."

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