His rival, Jan Peter Balkenende, of the Netherlands, is nicknamed "Harry Potter", so he sounds well qualified to preside over the dysfunctional Hogwarts we call the European Commission.

他的竞争对手？应该是荷兰人让·彼得·巴尔克内德，此人的绰号是“哈利·波特”，因为就凭他的嗓音也完全有资格主持这个处处不正常的霍格·沃兹——我们称之为欧洲委员会的地方。

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Almost comically, a current favourite is the Belgian prime minister of less than a year's standing, the unknown Herman Van Rompuy, who seems not yet to have acquired as many critics as his longer-serving Dutch and Luxembourgeois counterparts, Jan Peter Balkenende and Jean-Claude Juncker.

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The new centre-right government of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, which came to power last May, says it wants to find a "tough but fair solution".

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