BBC News - Belgian PM Van Rompuy is named as new EU president

Herman Van Rompuy is a good choice. He is a concensus builder, and pulled our fledgling government back together.

While I am proud that the European president is a Belgian, I don't think it was that important. The person is more important than the nationality. I was happy though that it was not Blair. A European president should be looking after European interestsm, and not be a lapdog for the US like Blair was.

The funny thing was that the election itself was not really a big deal here in Belgium until now. Up until yesterday, noone was serious about his chances.