A bad decision by and for Europe

The decision to appoint Herman Van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton as Europe's new leaders is a bad one, and Poland is among the losers here, the conservative daily Rzeczpospolita writes: "The Franco-German tandem and the women's lobby in the Union have won the day. And the British, too, can be satisfied. Meanwhile among others Poland, which had striven to make the process of enthroning the 'president' of Europe more democratic, comes out losing. The triumph of Herman Van Rompuy was foreseeable, but the choice of Baroness Ashton, who has never even been deputy foreign secretary, comes as a surprise. Unfortunately neither of the two nominations bode well for Europe. The advocates of the Lisbon Treaty were convinced that it would endow the Union with a strong leader. … [But] the man who has become president of Europe is one who has no sway in the international arena and the foreign minister is a woman who … has no experience whatsoever in the field of diplomacy."

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