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...jobs in Brussels now that the big reform treaty is in place? Fredrik Reinfeldt, the Prime Minister of Sweden, which currently holds the rotating E.U. presidency, has already begun a round of telephone calls to draw up a shortlist of candidates for the new E.U. president and foreign policy chief positions. An emergency summit could be held as early as next week to decide. (See ten things to do in Sweden...
...wanted to speak to Europe. What exactly the president will do - besides answering that 3 a.m. phone call from the White House - has yet to be firmed up. The Lisbon Treaty is vague about the job description beyond the official role of organizing E.U. summits and meeting with foreign leaders. The president could become a powerful, high profile and recognizable face for all of Europe. But momentum in the E.U. is building towards having a leader who is a skilled mediator first and foremost -someone who can ease internal tensions and get all 27 countries on the same page when...
...position of president turns into more of a managerial role, that could mean the real power player may be the new High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, an awkward title for what is essentially the E.U. foreign minister. Whoever is named to this post will head the E.U.'s new 8,000-strong diplomatic service, oversee a $12 billion foreign aid budget and speak for the E.U. in key meetings with other countries...
...Here's where Britain may receive a consolation prize after Blair's stunning reversal of fortune. British Foreign Minister David Miliband is being trumpeted as the frontrunner for the position - mainly because the post is expected to go to a candidate from the center-left and Miliband is talented, articulate and well liked in European circles. However, he's not a shoo-in for the job - other contenders are said to include former Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema, former French Justice Minister Elisabeth Guigou and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt...
...choice does not come down to mere merit - politics, geography and gender will also play a part. E.U. leaders will want to make sure that the three posts of E.U. president, foreign policy chief and European Commission president are split between candidates from the centre-left and centre-right parties, big and small member states, northern and southern Europe, and, if possible, include a woman. (Former Irish President Mary Robinson has emerged as a potential E.U. president candidate.) (See TIME's photos: "New Hope For Belfast...