Herman Van Rompuy chosen as EU president
November 20th, 2009 - 2:41 am ICT by IANS
- Brussels, Nov 20 (DPA) European Union leaders agreed to appoint Herman Van Rompuy, prime minister of Belgium, as the bloc’s first-ever full-time president, diplomatic sources said.
The post was created by the Lisbon Treaty, which comes into force Dec 1. The president, appointed Thursday, is meant to give the EU a higher profile abroad and to help make its foreign policy more coherent.
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