XPost: uk.politics.misc   
   From: jah.usenet@yahoo.co.uk   
      
   DVH wrote:   
   > "aracari"  wrote in message   
   > news:fb6cc82a07906bf711e9c5ac1a69e425@aracari.127.0.0.1...   
   >> 'DVH' wrote thus:   
   >>   
   >>> "aracari"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:e671520e6777f9ea2e8501f1123e508d@aracari.127.0.0.1...   
   >>>   
   >>>> That is roughly my view of the Council of Ministers, of which the   
   >>>> new unelected President will be chairman of.   
   >>> Expect howls of protest telling you that it's actually the European   
   >>> Council   
   >>> he'll be president of.   
   >> IIUC the EC = the CoM, just a new name. No?   
   >   
   > Naah. It's one of the stupid things about Europe that it has three   
   > similarly-named Councils with different functions.   
   >   
   > The official name for the Council of Ministers is the Council of the   
   > European Union. The assembly of heads of state and government are the   
   > European Council.   
      
   And it is the European Council that elected President van Rompuy.   
      
   >   
   > It's absurd that they couldn't make the names more distinctive. But it's   
   > convenient for technocrats.   
      
   And for those who wish the workings of the EU to remain obscure for   
   whatever reason.   
      
   James   
      
      
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