"Former prime minister's bid for EU presidency founders as continent's most powerful leaders announce they would prefer candidate from smaller country.
Tony Blair's hopes of becoming the first President of Europe have been dealt a potentially lethal blow by France and Germany. The European Union's two most powerful nations appeared to slam the door on a bid by the former prime minister to become President of the European Council.
At the end of a two-day EU summit in Brussels, Nicolas Sarkozy, the French President, suggested they had a different candidate in mind for the prestigious post about to be created by the Lisbon Treaty."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/merkel-and-sarkozy-unite-to-end-blairs-european-dream-1812260.htmlYes! There is a God and he loves all wretched sinners. Even unrepentant sinners like me.
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