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What guy?
Tony Blairâs memoirs, released earlier today, reveal that while Bush junior was in the White House he, like many others, found the EU hard to get his head around. The Telegraph reports that in a 2001 G8 summit in Genoa, Bush was confused by the presence of Guy Verhofstadt:
âHe then turned to me and whispered, âWho is this guy?â
âHe is the prime minister of Belgium,â I said.
âBelgium? George said, clearly aghast at the possible full extent of his stupidity. âBelgium is not part of the G8â.â
Mr Blair explained to Mr Bush that Mr Verhofstadt was there as âpresident of Europeâ. Belgium held the presidency of the EU council at the time.
Mr Bush responded: âYou got the Belgians running Europe?â before shaking his head, ânow aghast at our stupidityâ, Mr Blair writes.
Source:
http://openeuropeblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-guy.html
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