New Lows…

I sincerely apologize to my distinguished readership (and to all Belgians) for the extremely low-brow nature of the link in this post, it is so insidious that I am ashamed of it by the sheer fact that it is conducted in the language I call my own,  all I can really say is UGH!

Nonetheless, [...]

The Van Rompuy Follies

So the deal has been done (behind closed doors of course!) on who will fill the role of the new European Council President. Merkel and Sarkozy finally decided that Belgian prime minister Herman van Rompuy is their man. Van Rompuy is credited with being a strong behind the scenes negotiator, and with managing to not let Belgium [...]