Who will become the first Permanent President of the European Union ?

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Settlement date: Fri 20th Nov 2:55am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 18th Nov 12am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Bertie Ahern : 10%, Jean-Claude Juncker : 10%, Anders Fogh Rasmussen : 10%, Tony Blair: 10%, Aleksander Kwasniewski: 10%, Gerhard Schröder : 10%, Jacques Chirac : 10%, Silvio Berlusconi : 10%, Nicolas Sarkozy : 10%, Someone Else: 10%

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Created Sun 9th Mar 2008 6:44am PST by cakie174

Edited Sun 9th Mar 2008 6:59am PST by ryanj

Settlement requested Fri 20th Nov 12:45am PST by bernardo: Someone else: "Belgian PM Herman van Rompuy was named President of the European Council"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8369730.stm

Settled as 'Someone Else' Fri 20th Nov 2:55am PST by sqlman: "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 make it more influential on the world stage."

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLI18977520091119

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