Talk politics.

Seems that there's been a spree of uber-huge, ultra-reasonable posts lately, so may I make a futile effort as well.

So, imagine a conversation between the new EU president and the US president. The US leader proposes to his European colleague the adoption of a common position on the situation in ... say, DR Congo (also recently discussed here). Or if you like, Afghanistan (LOL, very chewed lately), or Somalia, Iran, Belarus, you name it. "Sure thing", the new EU leader says, "but let me have a few consultations first". Then he hangs up and goes on a phone spree, making at least 27 other phone calls, possibly in several languages. An apocalyptic effort, isn't it?

In a few days, the guy who'll occupy the new EU position will be known. The President of Europe (Charlemagne? sorry, silly j/k). So...he or she'll have the difficult task to 'collect' the positions of all members of the Union, without being able to propose his own. He'll have to achieve a consensus on a common policy without appearing to be authoritarian or insulting anyone. So who's going to take this hard task? We'll have the answer on the EC meeting at the end of this month.

The future EU president will lead the biggest economical and political bloc in the world but he'll be much unlike his or her US counterpart. Firstly, because he won't be directly elected by the sheeple people, but by the benevolent governments. I personally think it would've been much more 'interesting' if the Europeans could vote like in the US - every country would receive a certain quota based on their population, then they'd elect the president. Something like the electorial college or whatever you guys call it. Or, in more Euro-familiar terms, something like that silly 'music' contest called Eurovision.

( But why won't it be like Eurovision )