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An email has just come in from one of our favorite newspapers, Il Foglio, seeking support for the candidacy of Tony Blair to be president of the European Council. It seems that under the Treaty of Lisbon, the presidency of the Council will changing from being a rotating musical chairs kind of thing to a position with a two-year term and slightly more power, not enough to amount to a hill of beans in an era when there was a strong and assertive American president pressing our interests. Continua.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has endorsed Tony Blair as his preferred candidate to be president of the European Union.
Mr Blair had "the right credentials" and should get the job as soon as "legally and politically possible", he wrote to Italian newspaper Il Foglio. Mr Berlusconi also said changes to the way the EU is run would leave a "great political legacy" for Europe. Mr Blair, UK prime minister until 2007, is currently a Middle East peace envoy. Continua.

Tony Blair can count on the support of at least one old ally as he manoeuvres himself to become the first president of Europe. Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, found time out from his political battles to write a front-page letter in a right-wing newspaper, declaring his former holiday companion to be the best man for the job. “Tony Blair has got everything it needs to become the first president of the European Council,” he wrote in Il Foglio. Continua.

Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has backed his old chum Tony Blair for President of Europe in an open letter to Il Foglio, the newspaper part-owned by his estranged wife Veronica, which is mounting a campaign in support of Mr Blair."Tony Blair has everything it takes to become the first President of the European Council," he wrote in a message published on the daily's front page. He went on: "My government and I will work to ensure we do not lose a great political legacy, made with courage, equilibrium and prudence without uncertainty." Continua.

Silvio Berlusconi a apporté publiquement son soutien à la nomination de l'ancien premier ministre britannique, Tony Blair, à la présidence stable de l'Union européenne, prévue par le traité de Lisbonne. Dans une lettre publiée mercredi par le quotidien Il Foglio, le président du conseil italien assure que "Tony Blair dispose de toutes les compétences nécessaires pour assurer le rôle de premier président de l'UE". Continua.

Does Silvio Berlusconi harbour some secret hatred of Tony Blair? He claims to regard him as a tremendous friend, but this hasn't stopped him delivering a potentially killer blow to our former prime minister's ambition to become the first president of the European Union. Continua a leggere il commento e la notizia

The Italian prime minister, 73, declared his support for Mr Blair in a letter to Right-wing newspaper Il Foglio, which was published on the front page under the headline: "Vote Tony, Vote Tony." Mr Berlusconi has a long friendship with the former prime minister and invited Mr Blair and his wife Cherie to his Sardinian villa for a holiday five years ago. Continua.

Here's a riddle: What unites French Socialists and British Conservatives, brings feminists together with the editors of prurient tabloid newspapers and gives shared purpose to a clutch of small European countries and more than 37,000 signatories to an online petition? Answer: Tony Blair. Across Europe, natural adversaries and strange bedfellows are finding common purpose in their efforts to stop Britain's former Prime Minister from assuming the role popularly known as president of Europe. Continua.

Leggi Italy's Berlusconi backs Blair for EU president - Telegraph - EuObserver - Le figaro