Tony Blair

Tony Blair calls Merkel and Sarkozy in fight for EU presidency Tony Blair is attempting to keep alive his hopes of becoming EU president by directly lobbying leaders Angela Merkel of Germany and Nicholas Sarkozy of France, it is reported.

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...Tony Blair, the former Labour prime minister, for the job. Diplomats say Mr Sarkozy, once a Blair supporter, and Ms Merkel have agreed that the Belgian is a suitable candidate. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. You may share...

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...Central Bank in 2011. Mr Sarkozy originally supported Mr Blair but switched after talks with Ms Merkel, who said at an October 29-30 EU summit that the first full-time president should come from a small country. Mr Brown was forced to...

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Nicolas Sarkozy deals blow to Tony Blair's EU presidency hopes Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, has dealt a heavy blow to Tony Blair's hopes of becoming European Union president by withdrawing his support for the former premier's...

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Sarkozy sinks Blair's chances of President job as Miliband emerges frontrunner for key EU role Last updated at 10:10 PM on 30th October 2009 Blow to Blair as Sarkozy appears to pull backing Miliband: I don't want EU high representative...

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...had no say, not even through their parliamentarians. Blair started as the favorite. He was, according his backers (who at first included President Nicolas Sarkozy of France) just the sort of glamorous figure, recognized the world over,...

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...of names for that post, although he insisted he is not interested. Mr Blair was first backed for the presidency by Nicolas Sarkozy, France's right-wing president. Significantly however, senior EU sources said that both Mr Sarkozy and...

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...over his role in the Iraq war. But with European leaders deadlocked about who to choose for the two new posts created by the Treaty of Lisbon, Mr Brown continued to champion Mr Blair to buy more leverage. At the same time, he was secretly...

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...list of names for that post, although he insisted he is not interested. Blair was first backed for the presidency by Nicolas Sarkozy, France s right-wing president. However, senior EU sources said that both Sarkozy and Angela Merkel, the...

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