Van Rompuy

EU leaders hand Van Rompuy 2nd term as Council president, also name him head of euro summits

Press quote (The Washington Post)
Simon Tilford
01 March 2012
From 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/eu-leaders-hand-van-rompuy-2nd-term-as-council-president-also-name-him-head-of-euro-summits/2012/03/01/gIQAdiZykR_story.html

"I think he’s been as effective as he could have been, given the political constraints," said Simon Tilford, chief economist at London's CER. "He's managed to broker some compromises."