Tony Blair, president of Europe?
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Your support makes all the difference.Tony Blair fuelled speculation he might run to become the first full-time European Union president yesterday after a speech in Paris.
Mr Blair said EU countries could achieve more by acting together: "Terrorism, security, immigration, organised crime, energy, the environment, science, biotechnology and higher education: in all these areas, and others, we are much stronger and able to deliver what our citizens expect from us as individual nations if we are part of a strong and united Europe."
He was speaking at the invitation of the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, at a conference of the country's centre-right ruling UMP party.
However, a role as EU president could conflict with the portfolio of advisory roles Mr Blair seems keen to take up. He accepted a job at investment bank JPMorgan last week.
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