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Mr Van Rompuy arriving in Berlin for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall earlier this month (Photo: premier.fgov.be)

New EU president plans first official trip

Correction: EUobserver was initially informed that Mr Van Rompuy's first trip as president-elect would be to Latvia and Finland. But it later learned that the first engagement will in fact be in Denmark.

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The newly-appointed president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, will mark his first semi-official engagement in the role when he visits Denmark next week.

The trip, to Copenhagen, on 30 November was originally planned for Mr Van Rompuy in ...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Mr Van Rompuy arriving in Berlin for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall earlier this month (Photo: premier.fgov.be)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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