Franco-German EU presidency pact revealed as leaders prepare to choose a candidate

Jason Groves
UK Daily Mail
Thursday, Nov 19th, 2009

France and Germany have joined forces to throw their weight behind Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy for Europe’s first president.

The EU’s 27 heads of government will arrive in Brussels this afternoon for a special summit called to select a president and foreign minister.

The Franco-German alliance was inadvertently revealed by the German Ambassador to Belgium, Reinhard Bettzuege, who let slip yesterday that Chancellor Angela Merkel is backing Mr Rompuy.

Ms Merkel admitted what President Sarkozy has been claiming for weeks; that Paris and Berlin will agree on their candidates before tonight’s summit.

She had earlier confirmed: ‘Germany and France will reach an agreement together on this issue and not oppose each other.’

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