Why Tony Blair could never have been a Satisfactory First President of Europe

Abstract

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: ";Garamond";,";serif";;" lang="EN-US">Fluent in French and fluent in communication, a Europhile to his fingertips, Britain’s erstwhile Prime Minister, Tony Blair, was, in many ways, an obvious candidate to be the first president of the European Union. Apart from his personal qualities, the prospect of anchoring the UK at the heart of Europe through the office of president, was a tempting one. But it is a temptation which was rightly resisted.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>

Keywords

• Tony Blair
• Freedom of Speech
• European Union
• President