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Thu 01 Jan 2010Van Rompuy and divisive Buttiglione contribute to book
EUROPEAN COUNCIL president Herman Van Rompuy has emerged alongside Rocco Buttiglione, the divisive Italian conservative, as co-signatory of a forthcoming book on Pope Benedict’s social philosophy.
Still at the outset of his mandate, the appearance of Mr Van Rompuy’s name beside Mr Buttiglione on the book’s cover has potential to lead him into risky ground.
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