The Netherlands' Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende (L) shakes hands with his British counterpart Gordon Brown (C) as Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer (2nd L) and Foreign Minister Jan Kohout look on at the start of a two-day European leaders Summit in Brussels, June 18, 2009. Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

The Netherlands' Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende (L) shakes hands with his British counterpart Gordon Brown (C) as Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer (2nd L) and Foreign Minister Jan Kohout look on at the start of a two-day European leaders Summit in Brussels, June 18, 2009.

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  1. Netherlands' Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende (L) signs the guest book as Bert Koenders, the Minister for Development Corporation, looks on after meeting with the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations headquarters in New York September 21, 2009.
  2. Netherlands' Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende (L) shakes hands with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations headquarters in New York September 21, 2009.
  3. Netrherlands' Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende lays a wreath at the Polish Monument in Driel, the Netherlands September 19, 2009. The event was held in commemoration of the 65th anniversary of Operation Market Garden during World War Two.
  4. Netrherlands' Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende lays a wreath at the Polish Monument in Driel, the Netherlands September 19, 2009. The event was held in commemoration of the 65th anniversary of Operation Market Garden during World War Two.
  5. Netrherlands' Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende lays a wreath at the Polish Monument in Driel, the Netherlands September 19, 2009. The event was held in commemoration of the 65th anniversary of Operation Market Garden during World War Two.
  6. Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle walks with Netherlands' Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (R) after a meeting in The Hague November 2, 2009.
  7. Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (2nd L) and Netherlands' Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende shake hands after a meeting in The Hague November 2, 2009.
  8. Dutch prime minister and Christian Democrats leader Jan Peter Balkenende speaks during the annual congress of his party CDA in Utrecht, on October 31, 2009.
  9. Dutch prime minister and Christian Democrats leader Jan Peter Balkenende speaks during the annual congress of his party CDA in Utrecht, on October 31, 2009.
  10. Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende leaves after an European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on October 30, 2009 in Brussels. EU leaders have agreed to enter world climate talks arguing that poorer nations will need 100 billion euros a year by 2020 to tackle global warming, but failed to set levels for Europe's contribution, a draft text said Friday.
  11. Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende arrives at an European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on October 30, 2009 in Brussels. EU leaders have agreed to enter world climate talks arguing that poorer nations will need 100 billion euros a year by 2020 to tackle global warming, but failed to set levels for Europe's contribution, a draft text said Friday.
  12. Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (L) talks with Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) and Malta's Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi (R) at the start of European Union heads of state and government summit in Brussels October 29, 2009. EU leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss institutional changes which include the creation of a long-term president under the EU's planned Lisbon reform treaty.
  13. (1st rowL-R) Romanian President Traian Basescu, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Belgian Prime Minsiter Herman Van Rompuy' Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen (2ndrow L-R) Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Maltese Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende pose for a familly photo of a European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on October 29, 2009 in Brussels. Europe's leaders grapple on Thursday with deadlock on how to fight global warming and the legacy of recession, all the while jockeying for control of arguably the biggest appointment in Brussels' history.
  14. (1st rowL-R) Romanian President Traian Basescu, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Belgian Prime Minsiter Herman Van Rompuy' Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen (2ndrow L-R) Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Maltese Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende pose for a familly photo of a European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on October 29, 2009 in Brussels. Europe's leaders grapple on Thursday with deadlock on how to fight global warming and the legacy of recession, all the while jockeying for control of arguably the biggest appointment in Brussels' history.
  15. Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (L) talks to German Chancellor Angela Merkel prior to an European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on October 29, 2009 in Brussels. Europe's leaders grapple on Thursday with deadlock on how to fight global warming and the legacy of recession, all the while jockeying for control of arguably the biggest appointment in Brussels' history.
  16. Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (C) talks to German Chancellor Angela Merkel prior to an European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on October 29, 2009 in Brussels. Europe's leaders grapple on Thursday with deadlock on how to fight global warming and the legacy of recession, all the while jockeying for control of arguably the biggest appointment in Brussels' history.

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