William Hague rejects Tony Blair's vision of elected EU president
Asked about the former prime minister's call for further European integration and the creation of an elected head, the Foreign Secretary suggested that Mr Blair was thinking of the role for himself. "I can't think who he had in mind," Mr Hague joked.
He added: "Elected presidents are for countries. The EU is not a country. It is a group of countries working together.
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Hide Ad"So the appropriate solution is not an elected president for a group of countries, it's for those countries each to promote economic growth in their countries, to bring their deficits under control."