Thus, Blair will propose this week in Warsaw that the European Council reassert itself as the governinginstitution in Europe and that the European Parliament should have an upper house peopled entirely by elected MPs deputed from national parliaments.
The couple arrived to the sound of bagpipes at Middle Temple - one of the ancient Inns of Court - where the duke is an honorary barrister and member of the institution's governing body.
The central bank moved to shore up the Bank of Commerce's cash position, and on May 17 the Finance Ministry replaced Krirk-kiat with a governing board and froze the embattled institution's assets.
Remarkably, the pair the Flinck painted in 1642 and the van der Helst in 1655 both depict the governing board, at different periods, of the same institution: the headquarters of the Kloveniers Harquebusiers one of the military organizations, originally formed for defense, that functioned as an elite men's club.