Paweł Tokarski: Permanent President of the European Council for Six Months in Office: a Balance Sheet
The recent European Council (EC) summit on 17 June evidenced the growing role of the EC permanent President Herman Van Rompuy. Despite many critical comments which his election was first greeted with, after six months in office he already has a strong position and is highly spoken of by commentators and politicians. The assumption by Belgium of the presidency of the European Council on 1 July 2010 will be conducive to strengthening his function further.
2005 - 2012 THE POLISH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1A WARECKA STREET, 00-950 WARSAW, POLAND, P.O. BOX NO.1010 TEL.:+48 (22) 556 80 00, FAX: +48 (22) 556 80 99, E-MAIL: PISM@PISM.PL