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Europe's New Leadership: 'Who' for President, 'I Don't Know' for Foreign Minister
Friday, November 20, 2009
The appointment of Herman van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton to the European Union's top spots has many scratching their heads. The two are relatively unknown, but expectations are so low, they can only exceed them.
Original article from http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,662516,00.html#ref=rss
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