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  European Council - President
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Parents > European Union > European Council
OfficeCouncil President
HonorificCouncil President - Abbr: Council President
Type General Election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 19, 2009 - 01:00am Central
Polls Close November 19, 2009 - 01:00pm Central
Term Start November 30, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End November 30, 2011 - 12:00pm
ContributorRalphie
Last ModifiedNew Jerusalem November 19, 2009 02:00pm
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Description With the Lisbon Treaty having been formally ratified by the Czech Republic November 3 all European Union member states have accepted the treaty and it will go into effect. A result of this is a governmental change where the EU Parliament will elect a president and council which will have more powers than under the previous commission president arrangement.

This office has been referred to in the media as being the President of Europe.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyEuropean People's Won09/16/2009
NameFredrik Reinfeldt Votes1 (100.00%)
Term09/17/2009 - 11/30/2009 Margin1 (+100.00%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyEuropean People's Won08/30/2014
NameDonald Tusk Votes1 (100.00%)
Term12/01/2014 - 03/09/2017 Margin1 (+100.00%)
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LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
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06/07/2008 11/19/2009
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Guy Verhofstadt 1 ------
Leaning Call: Guy Verhofstadt (100.00%)
Weighted Call: Guy Verhofstadt (100.00%)

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Name PM Herman Van Rompuy TD John Bruton Council President José María Aznar Foreign Minister Carl Bildt Interior Minister Wolfgang Schüssel PM Jan Peter Balkenende PM Jean-Claude Juncker
PartyEuropean People's European People's European People's European People's European People's European People's European People's
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Uncertified Votes (0.00% in) 1 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%)
Estimated Final2 (100.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
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Name Taoiseach Bertie Ahern Party Leader Felipe González Foreign Secretary Tarja Halonen PM Guy Verhofstadt Minister Emma Bonino Aleksander Kwaśniewski Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
PartyLiberals and Democrats for Europe European Socialists European Socialists Liberals and Democrats for Europe Liberals and Democrats for Europe European Socialists Non-Inscrits
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Margin-1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%)
Estimated Final0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)
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Name Mary Robinson Václav Havel  
PartyNon-Inscrits Non-Inscrits  
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Uncertified Votes (0.00% in) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)  
Margin-1 (-100.00%) -1 (-100.00%)  
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Nov 19, 2009 05:00pm News Belgian Premier Van Rompuy Named First EU President  Article Ralphie 
Nov 19, 2009 01:35pm Announcement Blair Out of Race to be EU president  Article BR_Green 
Nov 18, 2009 08:00pm Speculative Tony Blair, President of Europe?  Article Monsieur 
Nov 11, 2009 08:00pm Announcement EU to choose first president on Nov 19  Article Ralphie 
Oct 29, 2009 09:10pm News Tony Blair's bid for EU presidency sinks  Article Ralphie 
Oct 02, 2009 02:00pm Perspective Tony Blair 'in line for EU presidency'  Article Ralphie 

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