Some key points about the scramble for the top EU jobs which you will not read about in the media.

The Lisbon Treaty creates two new roles: President of the European Council (‘President of Europe’); and High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy (‘EU Foreign Minister’).

But with these jobs come all sorts of other jobs and roles and reorganisations and opportunities for long-term patronage. So the challenge of filling those two positions and getting a handle on all the other changes catches the personal attention of Europe’s leaders as nothing else does. ̐