Sarkozy demands ex-PM Blair’s ‘coronation’

GRAEME WILSON
The Sun
October 22, 2009

[efoods]French leader Nicolas Sarkozy is demanding a special EU summit next month to crown Tony Blair the first President of Europe.

Mr Sarkozy is urging other leaders to move quickly to give the former PM the powerful new role.

The news emerged as diplomatic sources revealed US President Barack Obama would be “happy” to see Mr Blair land the job.

Plans to anoint him at an EU summit in Brussels next week have been scuppered by Czech president Vaclav Klaus, due to his refusal to sign the Lisbon Treaty. But EU leaders are confident Mr Klaus will finally approve it by early next month.

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