Sweden hails the New EU presidency and The Empire's new era

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Perilous Times and The Revived Roman Empire

Sweden hails the New EU presidency and The Empire's new era*

December 1, 2009 - 7:49PM

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Tuesday hailed "a new era
for Europe" as the bloc's reforming Superstate Treaty entered into force
creating the first EU president and the empires new foreign policy supremo.

"Today EU citizens are heading into a new era. Today is the first day
for a more efficient, more modern and more democratic EU, for all
citizens," said Reinfeldt, whose country retains the old-style rotating
European Union presidency until the end of the year.

Reinfeldt was later to attend a celebration of the Lisbon treaty's
passage in the Portuguese capital where it was first signed, ending many
years of institutional navel-gazing in the EU.

The new EU president, former Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy will also be
there along with Britain's Catherine Ashton who becomes the bloc's
foreign policy chief.

Both were chosen by EU leaders at a summit earlier this month, though
some observers have criticised the choice of two relatively-low profile
candidates to lead Europe into its new era.

"We are now making the EU stronger by building better institutions for
dealing with foreign policy, both locally in countries around the world
and in Brussels. This also gives Europe increased weight," assured
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt.

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