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Calls from Angela Merkel told Tony Blair he would not get EU's top job

Tony Blair warned Gordon Brown a week ago that his campaign to become the first president of the European Council was doomed after a decisive intervention by the German chancellor Angela Merkel, according to senior Whitehall sources. To the dismay of ...

From IAN TRAYNOR, NICHOLAS WATT, Guardian Unlimited,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gordon Brown,  Tony Blair,  Angela Merkel,  Poul Nyrup Rasmussen,  G-20

Lady Ashton: Principled, charming … or just plain lucky

All together now: Cathy Ashton is congratulated by the French and Lithuanian presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Dalia Grybauskaite. Joining them are, left to right, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Spain), Lawrence Gonzi (Malta), Gordon Brown and Andrus Ansip ...

From NICHOLAS WATT, Guardian Unlimited,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nicolas Sarkozy,  Lawrence Gonzi,  Gordon Brown,  Andrus Ansip,  Peter Mandelson

Labour peer Lady Ashton appointed as new EU foreign minister in Brussels

Baroness Cathy Ashton, the EU's foreign minister. Margaret Thatcher is Britain's only female politician to have risen higher. Photograph: Rex Features In the space of a few minutes in Brussels yesterday afternoon, Cathy Ashton found herself catapulted ...

From NICHOLAS WATT, IAN TRAYNOR, Guardian Unlimited,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Commission,  Margaret Thatcher,  Gordon Brown,  House of Lords,  Hillary Rodham Clinton

EU gets Belgian president and British foreign minister as Blair bows out

Herman Van Rompuy and Lady Ashton join EU leaders after their election as EU President and EU foreign policy in Brussels. Photograph: Theirry Roge/Reuters Europe's eight-year quest to establish a simpler and more democratic regime came to a dramatic ...

From IAN TRAYNOR, NICHOLAS WATT, Guardian Unlimited,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tony Blair,  Fredrik Reinfeldt,  Andrew Duff,  Lord Mandelson,  Nicolas Sarkozy

Tony Blair out of EU race, but Britain provides new foreign minister

Herman Van Rompuy and Lady Ashton celebrate their election as EU President and EU foreign policy chief. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters With its nondescript glass front, decorated with the red and white of the national flag, the Austrian mission to the ...

From NICHOLAS WATT, IAN TRAYNOR, Guardian Unlimited,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tony Blair,  European Commission,  European Union,  Martin Schulz,  Angela Merkel

Blair out of race to become European Council president

Gordon Brown abandons support for Blair as leaders of the EU's dominant centre-right bloc make clear they will only support a member of their own grouping Tony Blair is not surprised that he failed to secure the post because he was aware of the ...

From NICHOLAS WATT, IAN TRAYNOR, Guardian Unlimited,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tony Blair,  European Union,  Chris Jackson,  Jan Peter Balkenende,  David Miliband

Tony Blair retains an outside chance of EU presidency

One British official said: 'There is no consensus. Blair is not dead. He still stands a chance.' Photograph: Paulo Duarte/AP Tony Blair still stands an outside chance of assuming the new post of president of the European council, amid signs that EU ...

From NICHOLAS WATT, IAN TRAYNOR, Guardian Unlimited,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tony Blair,  Fredrik Reinfeldt,  Radek Sikorski

Gordon Brown 'spun' job figures to prove policy efficacy

Gordon Brown faced accusations today of spinning official statistics after he used "speculative estimates" to claim that the government had saved jobs during the recession. The prime minister faced pressure after Sir Michael Scholar, the chair of the ...

From NICHOLAS WATT, Guardian Unlimited,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gordon Brown,  Philip Hammond,  Nick Hurd,  Cabinet Office

Pierre Lellouche's views on the Tories and the EU were not lost in translation | Nicholas Watt

Amid Tory fury – William Hague condemned his remarks as an "emotional outburst" – Lellouche has embarked on a damage limitation exercise. Hague is his friend, he now says after accusing the shadow foreign secretary of a "bizarre autism" in their ...

From NICHOLAS WATT, Guardian Unlimited,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UK Conservative Party,  William Hague,  Google Inc.

French minister calls for detente with Tories

David Cameron's Europe allies are not happy with his new Tory approach to EU Pierre Lellouche, the French Europe minister who sparked a diplomatic storm by accusing the Tories of adopting an "autistic" approach to Europe, last night attempted to mend ...

From NICHOLAS WATT, PATRICK WINTOUR, Guardian Unlimited,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UK Conservative Party,  David Cameron,  Pierre Lellouche,  William Hague,  BBC

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