Tony Blair's former chief-of-staff, Jonathan Powell, has been touring European capital cities, including Brussels, Paris and Prague, in an undercover move to make him the first President of the European Council. Blair is supported by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
//www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6859525.ece# ("The Times")
//www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2objectid=10601055 ("The New Zealand Herald")
