EuroTribune 2009: Rankings about best leaders of EU

[DAVIDE]

Jury members: Lennart Anebäck (Aftonbladet), Florence Autret et Yann-Antony Noghès (La Tribune), Nikos Bellos (Naftemporiki), Ann Cahill (Irish Examiner), Lorenzo Consoli (APCOM), Inga Czerny PAP), Mihaela Gherghisan (RFI Roumanie), Paul Goossens (Belgian news agency), Thomas Lauritzen (Politiken), Ahto Lobjakas (Daily Postimees), Bozo Masanovic (Delo), Geoff Meade ( Press Association Agency), Christophe Midol-Monnet (Euronews), Soňa Miháliková (STV), Vanessa Mock (Radio Netherlands), Konstantinos Moschonas (Mega TV), Irina Novakova (Dnevnik), Griselda Pastor (Cadena Ser), Wolfgang Proissl (Financial Times Deutschland), Michal Pur (CTK), Philippe Richard (Le Monde), Ady Richard (Luxemburger Wort), Fernando de Sousa (SIC TV), Ina Strazdiņa (Latvijas Radio), Edita Urmonaite ( Lietuvos Rytas).



Methodology : A jury made by correspondents in Bruxelles from all Europe, ranked all the 27 European leaders now in charge according on four kind of criteria: leadership, team spirit, sincerity in european field and answer to big challenges of the year (climate, Lisbon treaty, internal market and way out from crysis ).





Rankings EuroTribune 2009 (.pdf)




My comment: BUHAAUAHAUAHAUAHAUAHAH poor Berlusconi! The clown is 27th!

[Urban fox]

Thats a another smack in the teeth for Silvio Berlusconi.

Brown did well. Because from what British TWC posters have being saying I've expectd ehim to be dead last, however the British are always good at hating so meh.

[Valus]

Well congratulations to Fredrik Reinfeldt, he seems to have made an impression..
Though I must admit that I havent particulary followed his term or what he has done in any great detail, overall I would say that the swedish media coverage on this has been rather lacking.. Perhaps its due to the general publics lack of interest..

[Syron]

Thats a another smack in the teeth for Silvio Berlusconi.

Brown did well. Because from what British TWC posters have being saying I've expectd ehim to be dead last, however the British are always good at hating so meh.

Because if you look at the criteria, it is a totally biased opinion of what is a "best" EU leader.

[Dr. Croccer]

Wtf Balkenende 11th. That man is as sharp as a volleyball.

[Tiberios]

WTF, Lars Løkke Rasmussen is number 4 (If that is him, which I presume it is) I had not sween that coming.

[Erik]

Wtf Balkenende 11th. That man is as sharp as a volleyball.

Yeah, LOL.

He even got good scores for "leadership" and "team spirit"
WTF?
It's his 4th attempt at being a prime-minister, and he still hasn't managed to keep his team from fighting amongst each other for 4 years.

It's obvious they only gave good scores to Federalists.
Berlusconi should be PROUD he ranks last in this EU-corruption scale.

[Lance-Corporal Jones]

It's obvious they only gave good scores to Federalists.

Quoted for absolute truth. With criteria like "Lisbon Treaty" and "European vocation", there is no shame in losing.

[Lance-Corporal Jones]

How is "Lisbon Treaty" a criterion? Does it mean "ability to pass things under the people's nose unseen"? "Ability to rush things through parliament?" "Ability to dodge a referendum"?

How is "engagement européen" a criterion? "Ability to let your country be sodomized by the EU"? "Ability to crawl before unelected bureaucrats"? "Ability to squander public funds on a corrupt organization"?

This poll is rubbish.

[Stavroforos]

I like this poll. European leaders are Tribunes to the EU.

But the EU President has all the tribunicia potestas!

[cegorach]

I've seen the results, but newer the original, which could be easily found I guess, but I still give it rep. point.




Berlusconi. Well, what a fall!
Although the attack was disgusting and actually might help him.

[DAVIDE]

He was last even last year

[Urban fox]

He was last even last year

Yeah but the people love him right?

[DAVIDE]

Yeah but the people love him right?

As someone said once:

"I think he knows what Italy is. Italy is the mob. He will conjure magic for them and they will be distracted. He will take away their freedom, and still they will roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate, it is the breast of hookers. He will bring them sex, and they will love him for it."

[6th Vigil]

As someone said once:

"I think he knows what Italy is. Italy is the mob. He will conjure magic for them and they will be distracted. He will take away their freedom, and still they will roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate, it is the breast of hookers. He will bring them sex, and they will love him for it."

So we can look forward to a gladiator battle between Berlusconi and Maximus?

[DAVIDE]

So we can look forward to a gladiator battle between Berlusconi and Maximus?

Yes but first of all, we need a volunteer to take it in the arena





[mission impossible considering how's he skipping trials]