The French president has been through one of the most painful European summits of his career.
In the lions' den of European summits, he is the one without the teeth.
There have been no less than 17 European summits to "resolve" the crisis only to return to crisis shortly thereafter.
After one of the many European summits last year I can recall the British prime minister being asked whether he was a "Eurosceptic".
Lady Thatcher's performance at European summits could sometimes inspire the sort of awe you feel when an enraged terrier mounts a hopeless attack on a doberman.
Look at the group photos from the endless European summits and it is not lost on anyone that two of the most important figures are women, operating in a largely male world.
She added that the Justus Lipsius building, where meetings are now held, was never intended for its current use, because in the past European summits used to be held in a range of European cities, not just Brussels.
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It is doubtful that Mr Berlusconi has the tact and restraint to play so self-effacing a role, which could be sorely required if bitter controversies emerge at the two biggest European summits where Mr Berlusconi will have to chair the meetings himself.
Even before he was prime minister he pulled the Conservative Party out of the European People's Party grouping in the EU, incurring the displeasure of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the EPP's leading light, and thereby excluding himself from the most powerful caucus that shapes decisions ahead of European summits.
The prime minister has strongly criticised the construction of a building in Brussels that will be the new home for European Union summits.
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As one awful year for the euro zone made way for another, the German television network ARD digitally retouched the original sketch to create a spoof of European Union summits.
There are many supporters of the European project who imply that unless the whole structure of treaties, summits, and memoranda carries on moving inexorably on, it will wither and die.
At some point in the merry round of summits, there is also likely to be an American-European declaration on non-proliferation and on combating terrorism.
According to media reports, some participants in the Quito CCB meeting discussed protesting the Latin American-European Union (ALC-UE) and Asian Pacific Cooperation (APEC) international summits to be held in Peru in May and November, respectively.
One post is that of president of the European Council, who for a two-and-a-half year term will chair summits and represent national leaders abroad.
European officials have criticized both the U.S. and China at recent United Nations climate summits for a lack of political will to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
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But he or she is expected to chair EU summits, take on some of the functions of the current presidency of the Council of the European Union - held on a rotating six-month basis by EU heads of government - and represent the EU on common foreign and security policy.
Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council (representing the 27 EU leaders) will present a plan next month that is likely to include regular summits of the 17 euro-zone leaders.
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