Finnish President Tarja Halonen arrives at 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. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

Finnish President Tarja Halonen arrives at 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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  1. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere (L) shakes hands with Finnish President Tarja Halonen during his visit to Helsinki on November 10, 2009.
  2. Tarja Halonen (R), President of Finland, arrives for meetings on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly September 24, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York.
  3. Finnish President Tarja Halonen (L) and Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammed al-Sabah (R) co-chair a roundtable discussion during the United Nations climate change summit on September 22, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York.

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  1. Finnish President Tarja Halonen arrives at 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.
  2. Finland�s President Tarja Halonen (L) meets with her Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak (R) in Cairo on October 20, 2009. Halonen will visit Syria after Egypt in a four-day visit to the Middle East.
  3. Finland�s President Tarja Halonen (L) meets with her Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak (R) under a tapestry depicting the River Nile in his offices in Cairo on October 20, 2009. Halonen will visit Syria after Egypt in a four-day visit to the Middle East.
  4. Finnish President Tarja Halonen (R) speaks with her Lithuanian counterpart Dalia Grybauskaite on October 7, 2009 at the presidential palace in Helsinki during her state visit to Finland.
  5. Finnish President Tarja Halonen (R) poses with her Lithuanian counterpart Dalia Grybauskaite on October 7, 2009 at the presidential palace in Helsinki during her state visit to Finland.
  6. Finnish President Tarja Halonen (R) greets her Lithuanian counterpart Dalia Grybauskaite on October 7, 2009 at the presidential palace in Helsinki during her state visit to Finland.
  7. Tarja Halonen (R), President of Finland, arrives for meetings on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly September 24, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York.
  8. German President Horst Koehler (L) talks with his Finnish counterpart Tarja Halonen (R) while UEFA President Michel Platini looks on as they follow the Uefa women's Euro 2009 final football match between England and Germany in Helsinki, on September 10, 2009.
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  11. Finland's Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels October 30, 2009.
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