Van Rompuy would be a good choice

Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy is under consideration as a candidate for EU president, a fact that business paper Hospodářské Noviny says surprises Rompuy alone. After all, the EU's major leaders would prefer an inconspicuous president: "Herman Van Rompuy - you don't know who that is? No matter, the Belgian prime minister was himself surprised to hear of his nomination. What's clear is that the big bosses in the EU -  [Nicolas] Sarkozy, [Angela] Merkel, [Gordon] Brown and [Silvio] Berlusconi - don't want to see a strong EU president, like [former British prime minister] Tony Blair for example, outshine them. Van Rompuy would therefore be a good choice. After all, up to now the only Belgian who was well-known in most European countries was Jean-Claude Van Damme."

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