Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero gives a joint press conference with his Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen (not pictured) at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, on November 3, 2009. Vanhanen is on a visit to Spain. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero gives a joint press conference with his Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen (not pictured) at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, on November 3, 2009. Vanhanen is on a visit to Spain.

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  2. (L-R) European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, EU Commissioner for trade, British Catherine Ashton, chosen as EU foreign policy chief, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, Belgian Prime Minsiter Herman Van Rompuy, named the European Union's first president, Cypriot President Demetris Christofias, Romanian President Traian Basescu, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pose at a European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on November 19, 2009 in Brussels.
  3. (L-R) Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, EU Commissioner for trade, British Catherine Ashton, chosen as EU foreign policy chief, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, Belgian Prime Minsiter Herman Van Rompuy, named the European Union's first president, Cypriot President Demetris Christofias, Romanian President Traian Basescu, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk pose at a European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on November 19, 2009 in Brussels.
  4. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero (L) is welcomed by Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, at a European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on November 19, 2009 in Brussels. European leaders were urged not to miss a 'historic occasion' as they gather to choose a first-ever European Union president to represent the 27-nation bloc on the world stage.
  5. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero (L) is welcomed by Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, at a European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on November 19, 2009 in Brussels. European leaders were urged not to miss a 'historic occasion' as they gather to choose a first-ever European Union president to represent the 27-nation bloc on the world stage.
  6. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero arrives at a European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on November 19, 2009 in Brussels. European leaders were urged not to miss a 'historic occasion' as they gather to choose a first-ever European Union president to represent the 27-nation bloc on the world stage.
  7. The president of the European Parliament Pole Jerzy Buzek (L) shakes hands with Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero after giving a press conference on November 12, 2009 at the Moncloa palace in Madrid. Spain takes over the rotating EU presidency from Sweden on January 1.
  8. The president of the European Parliament Pole Jerzy Buzek holds a press conference with Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero (not pictured) after their meeting on November 12, 2009 at the Moncloa palace in Madrid. Spain takes over the rotating EU presidency from Sweden on January 1.
  9. The president of the European Parliament Pole Jerzy Buzek holds a press conference with Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero (not pictured) after their meeting on November 12, 2009 at the Moncloa palace in Madrid. Spain takes over the rotating EU presidency from Sweden on January 1.
  10. Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero (R) gives a press conference with president of the European Parliament Pole Jerzy Buzek on November 12, 2009 at the Moncloa palace in Madrid. Spain takes over the rotating EU presidency from Sweden on January 1.
  11. The president of the European Parliament Pole Jerzy Buzek (L) holds a press conference with Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero after their meeting on November 12, 2009 at the Moncloa palace in Madrid. Spain takes over the rotating EU presidency from Sweden on January 1.
  12. Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero (R) welcomes president of the European Parliament Pole Jerzy Buzek on November 12, 2009 at the Moncloa palace in Madrid. Spain takes over the rotating EU presidency from Sweden on January 1.
  13. Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero (R) welcomes president of the European Parliament Pole Jerzy Buzek on November 12, 2009 at the Moncloa palace in Madrid. Spain takes over the rotating EU presidency from Sweden on January 1.
  14. The president of the European Parliament Pole Jerzy Buzek (L) shakes hands with Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero after giving a press conference on November 12, 2009 at the Moncloa palace in Madrid. Spain takes over the rotating EU presidency from Sweden on January 1.
  15. Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero (R) welcomes president of the European Parliament Pole Jerzy Buzek on November 12, 2009 at the Moncloa palace in Madrid. Spain takes over the rotating EU presidency from Sweden on January 1.
  16. Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero (R) welcomes president of the European Parliament Pole Jerzy Buzek on November 12, 2009 at the Moncloa palace in Madrid. Spain takes over the rotating EU presidency from Sweden on January 1.

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