Elected as the first full-time President of the European Council in November 2009, Herman Van Rompuy took office when the Lisbon Treaty came into force on 1 December 2009. In 2012, he was re-elected ...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is another step closer to cementing new bilateral relations with the European Union after he wrapped up negotiations on a Strategic Partnership Agreement in the ...

A soft-spoken economist little known outside his home country of Belgium is the unlikely choice to serve as the first President of the European Union. Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy — known ...

BRUSSELS (AP) – Two and a half years ago, when European Union leaders were choosing the first president of the European Council, they faced a choice: Would they choose their leader or their clerk?

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, who is little known outside his own country, as the bloc's first president on Thursday to lead efforts to ...

President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy said, the EU will keep on working with Turkey as well as with all the partners and allies in order to establish peace and stability in Syria.

Newly appointed European Union President Herman Van Rompuy, left, poses with the newly appointed E.U.'s new foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, right, European Commission President Jose Manuel ...

There were two high points in the career of Tony Blair. One was 2003 when Hugh Grant played the British prime minister in Love Actually. The second was in 2006 when Michael Sheen played him in The ...

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia faced a chorus of criticism at a summit meeting, where the fighting in Ukraine threatened to overshadow talk of global economics. By Emma G. Fitzsimmons The ...

(Reuters) - Here are some facts about Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy who was on course on Thursday to become the European Union's president. Van Rompuy, 62, emerged as the strongest ...