David Miliband said that the new EU president needed to be someone who “stopped the traffic” in Washington and Beijing and was guaranteed the highest access to world leaders.
The Foreign Secretary told the BBC that a Blair presidency would be “very good for Britain as well as very good for Europe”.
Mr Miliband is a Blairite, but Gordon Brown has also supported Mr Blair’s candidacy from the start. Labour MPs believe that the Prime Minister’s short-term ambitions would be helped by an EU president who so antagonised the Tories. In addition, if Mr Brown lost the election and hoped for an international post, having Mr Blair in such a powerful role would be no disadvantage.
Mr Miliband told the Andrew Marr Show that the Lisbon treaty gave Europe a more efficient system for running its affars. “It needs to take that opportunity, otherwise we will find the world run by America and China without any reference to us,” he said. “It all comes down to what the heads of government want the job to be. It’s about whether or not Europe wants a strong leader in that position. I think that hasn’t yet been resolved in the minds of a number of Europe’s leaders.”
It appears us mere humans are missing something here, Tony Blair, one of the most deplorable and hated (by normal thinking people anyway) could rule over the EU, and in turn the EU will rule over us, are people forgetting we chased him out of office as he was so detested?!
Further proof to the fact that this is a dictatorship, not a democracy, and we do not choose our leaders, and we do not make the rules, hell we don't even have the slightest say!
And why Blair? for his wonderful work in the middle east? why didn't he get the Nobel prize then?
also i'm guessing George Bush turned the job down, so second best ey?
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The problem with an EU president is who would you want instead? Sarkozy?
Its not surprising Milliband has backed him, he's had his nose up Blair's backside for years and is probably hoping for a nice EU job when Labour lose at the next general election
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I was quite enjoying not seeing his face on TV, it would also mean his anoying wife would resurface, who votes for this?
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The EU gets such a slagging from the UK media. The only thing that would happen if Bliar was made president, is that he would keep the gate open for his American owners to continue to have a say in European affairs.
I think we should copy France, and have a revolution.
We could then have our own governemt and be part of the United States of Europe - not the half-arsed sham we are now.-
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