Blair 'excellent' for EU job - PM

Gordon Brown has said Tony Blair is an "excellent candidate" to be the first president of the European Council, at a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels.But the British PM said his predecessor had not yet declared his candidature and the post will not exist until the Lisbon Treaty has been ratified.

BBC | October 29, 2009

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