EU Council chief Herman Van Rompuy on Monday (1 December) is handing over the baton to Polish ex-prime minister Donald Tusk.
It is a minimalist event: a handshake, a few words, followed by a little drink with the staff of the European Council.
Quite the opposite of European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso, who held numerous farewell speeches, interviews, and self-promoting events in his last weeks in office.
But Van Rompuy, a Belgian politician little-known outside his ...
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