“[...] Herman Van Rompuy, the Belgian Prime Minister, broke his silence before Thursday’s summit to choose the president — but only at a meeting of the secretive Bilderberg group of top politicians, bankers and businessmen. [...]

Mr Van Rompuy’s Bilderberg intervention will alarm non-federalist countries such as Britain and Denmark, which have long opposed giving the EU tax-raising powers and breaking the link with national funding. [...]”

Extraits de l’article Herman Van Rompuy, front-runner for presidency, wants EU-wide tax, du journal The Times, le 17/11/09.

P.S. : le belge Herman Van Rompuy est le président du Conseil européen depuis le 01/12/09.