Unclear criteria for new EU leaders

The daily Postimees has harsh words for the way bargaining over the posts of EU president and foreign minister has started even before the Treaty of Lisbon goes into effect: "We expect these offices to give the European Union substance and vision. For that reason it is particularly important that the choice should fall on internationally experienced, active politicians with firmly established authority in foreign policy. Nevertheless the choice will no doubt fall on less controversial compromise candidates, all the more so because rather than being voted in directly, the new leaders will be chosen through political wheeling and dealing. As a further aggravation, there are no clearly defined criteria that candidates must adhere to. Instead the bargaining over posts has begun in the back rooms in Brussels while the fate of the Treaty of Lisbon still hangs in the balance."

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