Acrimony hangs over selection of president

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Series Details 21.6.04
Publication Date 21/06/2004
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has just ten days to find a candidate acceptable to 24 European Union leaders before the Irish Presidency of the EU ends on 30 June 2004. Both Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt and European Commissioner Chris Patten have withdrawn from the race after their bids were blocked.

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