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Blair bid debate on EU summit sidelines

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Former British prime minister Tony Blair and the prime minister of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker. Both are leading contenders for the new post of EU president. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

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  1. We the British government believe that Tony Blair would be an excellent candidate and an excellent person to hold the job of president of the (EU) council
    Gordon Brown – Gordon Brown SOURCE: EUbusiness 1 month ago
  2. Iraq is not the issue for people in Europe now. It is jobs, growth, climate change and trade. People must look forwards and not backwards.
    Gordon Brown – Gordon Brown SOURCE: Virgin Media 1 month ago
  3. I believe his credentials are well-proven, his international experience is well-known, his experience on environmental, economic and security issues is known to everybody throughout Europe as well as throughout the world
    Gordon Brown – Gordon Brown SOURCE: EUbusiness 1 month ago
  4. There is definitely one prime minister, Gordon Brown, who.. backs Tony Blair's candidacy for president. But all the other prime ministers support the ambition of the socialist family, which is to get the high representative (foreign affairs) position
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  1. Christopher Meyer, former British Ambassador to the U. S. , arrives for the Iraq war inquiry in London, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009.
  2. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 24: Anti-war demonstrators dressed up as bloodied former Prime Minister Tony Blair (L), US President George Bush and Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) stand outside the Iraq Inquiry on November 24, 2009 in London.
  3. RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - NOVEMBER 10: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office, President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting of the Fatah Central Committee on November 10, 2009 in Ramallah, West Bank.
  4. JALAMA CROSSING, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Israel's separation wall is seen in the background as Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair arrives at a ribbon cutting ceremony of the Jalama vehicle crossing, between the northern West Bank and Israel on November 10, 2009 at the Jalama Crossing, Israel.
  5. Volunteers put up a Christmas tree in a dried riverbed on the outskirts of Beijing, ahead of an environmental campaign by Oxfam Hong Kong, December 12, 2009.
  6. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 11: US climate envoy Todd Stern addresses the media during the the first week of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 on December 11, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  7. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 11: School children put their hands on a giant ice polar bear in Trafalgar Square on December 11, 2009 in London. Campaigners say the gradually melting polar bear is a symbol of the threat of climate change and the plight of the Arctic in particular.

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