Turning of the dice: Belgian PM is latest favourite for EU Presidency
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A day after the Lisbon Treaty won final approval, Belgium’s prime minister emerged as the favorite on Wednesday to take the European Union’s first presidential post, with Britain in the running for the top foreign policy job.
Diplomats said that momentum was with the prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, and that David Miliband, the British foreign secretary, was well placed to become the E.U. foreign policy chief if his government pushed for him.
Although the Lisbon Treaty, which creates the two jobs, is now certain to come into force, fresh potential complications arose on Wednesday after criticism in a speech in London from the leader of the British Conservatives, whom many expect to win elections next year.
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