Learning from Herman: a handbook for the European Council president

When member-states reconvened on August 30th 2014 in Brussels to decide on the allocation of the remaining top EU posts, they needed to agree on candidates who not only had the right party affiliation, nationality or gender, but who could also respond to the EU’s mounting challenges. This applied to the President of the European Council, whose role was to forge a consensus among EU leaders

ESO: Background information: European Council, Brussels, 30 August 2014 [Special Meeting] http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-council-brussels-30-august-2014-special-meeting-italys-mogherini-and-polands-tusk-get-top-eu-jobs/

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