Saturday, November 21, 2009

Dénouement in the EU

I am glad that Iraq war supporter Tony Blair (and Bush poodle) did not make it  to be the president of the EU but I did not expect a haiku spouting unknown Belgian to be the one...

Leaders of the 27 countries of the European Union on Thursday night chose Herman Van Rompuy, the Belgian prime minister, as the European Union’s first president, and Catherine Ashton of Britain, currently the bloc’s trade commissioner, as its high representative for foreign policy. The vote was unanimous. Both officials are highly respected but little known outside their own countries. After the European Union’s eight-year battle to rewrite its internal rules and to pass the Lisbon Treaty that created these two new jobs, the selection of such low-profile figures seemed to highlight Europe’s problems instead of its readiness to take a more united and forceful place in world affairs.

His best haiku production...

"Hair blows in the wind
after years there is still wind
sadly no more hair"

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