With the new European constitution will come the powerful new post of EU foreign minister and, with it, the speculation of who should fill that post.
Speaking to the Berlin daily Tagesspiegel at the weekend, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder promoted his own foreign minister - Joschka Fischer.
He said that Mr Fischer would be a "brilliant" candidate and that his appointment would be "an excellent choice".
Although the Chancellor went on to insist that the choice of a German...
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