Just when you thought the European Union couldn't get any more obscure...bring on the non-entities
Van Rompuy's credentials are impressive indeed, as the EUObserver notes:
Mr Van Rompuy, from the centre-right political family, is a trained economist and has been running Belgium for less than a year. He writes Haiku (Japanese verse) and is known for his low-key style, which includes a line in self-deprecatory humour and caravan holidays.
Wow.
Van Rompuy is also renowned for his opposition to Turkey becoming a member of the EU. Turkey, he says, is not and never has been a part of Europe - contrary to what geography and history may tell you. There can be no place for a secular Muslim nation in a secular Christian Europe, it goes against our enlightened Christian roots. After all, what has Islam ever done for Europe - apart from preserving and developing science and philosophy when the Church wanted to burn all our books and kill freedom of thought?
The EU now has one number for foreign policy claims EU Grand Vizier Jose Barroso. Granted nobody will know who they're talking to, but Hillary Clinton has welcomed the development, as she'll only have to deal with one lightweight in Europe from now on.
