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Fri 11 Nov 2009Van Rompuy set to be consensus-driven president
HERMAN VAN Rompuy is a low-key intellectual, a Christian Democrat with a penchant for writing haiku poems and a conciliatory political style.
As president of the European Council, his task will be to bring unity to the EU’s often-divided leaders and project their work on the global stage.
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