As a former Belgian prime minister, he has big ambitions for the European Council, which became a formal EU institution for the first time under the Lisbon treaty.

作为比利时的前任首相，他对欧盟理事会雄心勃勃。里斯本条约生效后，欧盟理事会第一次成为了正式的欧盟机构。

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Assuming that is right, expect to see a big increase in appeals to the one bit of the European machine where unanimity will remain the rule: the European Council, which gathers together the 27 national leaders of the EU. Under Lisbon the European Council is to gain a semi-permanent president, to replace the system of rotating presidencies.

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The first task may come next week, when European leaders choose candidates for the two top jobs being created by Lisbon: the president of the European Council and a beefed-up high representative for foreign policy.

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The EEAS has been created by the Lisbon Treaty to combine the foreign and diplomatic services of the Commission, Council, as well as certain elements of national foreign embassies.

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