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Van Rompuy reappointed as EU president

02 March 2012 00:58 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. EU leaders have reappointed Herman Van Rompuy as European Union president for a second 30-month term as well as appointing him chairman of the eurozone, APA reports quoting Sky News.

’It is with pleasure that I accept a second mandate. A privilege to serve Europe in such decisive times; also a big responsibility,’ said Van Rompuy in a posting on microblogging site Twitter.

’I also thank the members of the European Council for the invitation to chair the euro summit meetings, which I accept,’ he added.

A slight 64-year-old with a priestly demeanour, the former Belgian prime minister was ridiculed at the outset of his first mandate as the ’invisible president’ or ’Mister Nobody’.

But he has since won plaudits for his backroom diplomacy and gained a reputation as a discreet and able negotiator.

In his 11 months at the helm of Belgium, the Flemish but francophile politician stabilised a country deeply split between its Dutch-speaking north and poorer French-speaking south, earning the nickname of a Mr Fixit.

There are scant detail on his new duties as head of the eurozone, other than to chair twice-yearly euro summit meetings and ’keep the non-euro area member states closely informed of the preparation and outcome of the summits’, according to EU statements.

There were no rival candidates for either post.

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