Tony Blair tonight bowed out of the race to become the first president of the European Council when it became clear that centre-right leaders, who dom...
Telegraph | Fiona Govan in Madrid, Peter Allen in Paris, Allan Hall in Berlin and Nick Squires in Rome | Posted 10.29.2009 | World
The Spanish daily newspaper El Pais carried a harsh critique of Tony Blair's candidature written by Emilio Men�ndez del Valle, a former diplomat and...
Robert Kuttner | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics
Why is Blair likely to be the first President of Europe? Because he is just what Europe's ruling financial elite wants -- nominally a man of the center-left who can be trusted to continue business as usual.
Times London | Philip Webster, David Charter, Roger Boyes and Charles Bremner | Posted 10.01.2009 | World
Tony Blair is in line to be proclaimed Europe's first president within weeks if the Irish vote "yes" in today's referendum. ...
guardian.co.uk | Nicholas Watt and Ian Traynor | Posted 11.19.2009 | World