My Way News - The new EU chiefs: Rompuy-pumpy and Cathy Who?
My Way News reports: "Critics slammed the EU for a lack of ambition in choosing her and Belgium's technocratic premier, Herman van Rompuy, who becomes the first EU president. Ashton's new job combines two existing ones, giving her more powers than current foreign policy chief Javier Solana. 'The EU member states have talked themselves into choosing two very competent, able, and - frankly - rather boring choices for these two new roles,' said Richard Whitman, a Europe expert at London's Chatham House think tank. The 27-nation EU created the new posts of president and foreign minister as part of a reform treaty that takes effect Dec. 1."