> That kind of thing is simply unimaginable in Brussels. Probably because power is so federated that it doesn't matter that much who's in charge of the various

> That kind of thing is simply unimaginable in Brussels. Probably because power is so federated that it doesn't matter that much who's in charge of the various EU presidencies. And that's a good thing, it doesn't fit well into the Ango-American ideal of a single leader (Washington, Churchill, Lincoln etc) taking on the bad guys, making the speech, and leading from the metaphorical front.