New treaty for EU, but same jostling for power

New treaty for EU, but same jostling for power

Press quote (The New York Times)
Tomas Valasek
08 January 2010

Tomas Valasek, director of foreign policy and defence at the Centre for European Reform, said: "Spain wants to hold on to as many of the trappings of the old rotating presidency as it can. No-one wants to lose cachet." ...The consequence, Mr. Valasek said, is that "it leaves Van Rompuy in a situation where the Spanish would rather that he didn't exist."