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...politicians rush in to take the credit. Now, with the expansion of the E.U. making consensus even harder to achieve, the job is becoming more thankless than ever. That was spectacularly clear at the June 17 summit, when the Union's leaders failed to agree on the successor to Romano Prodi, whose term ends in October. As Time went to press, the national leaders appeared close to agreement on a compromise candidate, the mild-mannered Portuguese Prime Minister José Manuel Dur?o Barroso, 48. Barroso's support for the war in Iraq meant he had to overcome the reservations...
...Fianna Fáil tumbled to its worst showing in 80 years, marring the government's six-month term as E.U. President Italy Small parties left and right gained; those in PM Silvio Berlusconi's coalition government instantly demanded more power Berlusconi's Forza Italia slipped, but rival Romano Prodi's center-left coalition disappointed, too Netherlands Antiwar, pro-reform voters boosted the opposition left and whistle-blower Paul van Buitenen's Transparent Europe bloc PM Jan-Peter Balkenende's center-right coalition suffered for supporting the Iraq war, losing five seats Poland Low turnout handed victory to right-wingers...
...mischief making. But with 25 states inside the tent, it will be harder than ever for any one or two countries to run the show. In fact, this summit proved how far from unity the E.U. remains. Leaders couldn't agree on a new European Commission President to replace Romano Prodi, whose term ends in October. Blair and the heads of at least six other countries shot down the candidacy of their Belgian counterpart, Guy Verhofstadt, an outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq and an ardent European federalist. They may still break this logjam in the next few weeks...
...Romano L. Mazzoli, who graduates from the Kennedy School of Government this month, served 12 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and one in the Kentucky State Senate...
...apparently they have crimes - which will take on "Law & Order" in a Big Apple murder showdown on Wednesday nights. ("I'm not even thinking of a fourth 'CSI,'" Moonves said dryly. "Not at least for another year.") There are only two new sitcoms, in part because they convinced Ray Romano to bravely suffer the indignity of making millions of dollars for a final, 16-episode season of "Everybody Loves Raymond...