John and Doves,

Our perspective has always been that the post to watch for at the EU is the up-coming Foreign Affairs guy.
The EU has been stating this person's position and responsibilities for years now, and has finally come up with an official title.
Originally he was to be called the "Union Foreign Affairs Minister".

But the EU --which is highly senstive to the connotation of words--- wants to take out the word "minister" and make the EU look less Federalized  and more Confederated, thus having a governance person who works with many heads. So his new title now is:
"High Representative of the European Union Foreign Affairs and Security and Defense Policy".
Yes, it is rather a mouth-full.
( We cannot be surprised if the name continues to change ... the EU is notorious for re-decision)

What we believe is even more revealing in this new title is that by taking away the word "minister" this person is not rootly-associated with the EU at all, but rather is someone hailing from another country outside the EU. Only time will tell if that is so.
( A "representative" is a more of a generic word. )

 This person will be granted globally-reaching powers.
1. He will "chair" the EU Council of the EU nation leaders.
2. He will be the Vice-President of the EU Commision.
3. He will represent the EU at the United Nations ( giving him a global voice)
4. And he will have a Foreign Diplomatic Service of 120 + diplomatic corp keeping a pulse on the nations of the world, and giving forth his directives to those outposts.

So, even though Humptey-Dumptey cannot be put back together again ( 10 heads ) , he will have "one voice" that the world will hear and heed.

Here are two links with more information:

www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/egov.html

www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/umfa.html

All those powers listed above is like having executive powers, legislative powers and all-encompassing tentacles reaching into the UN and all the nations of the world.
Now ,in addition to all of these amassed political powers, this High Representative will have
5.  military powers , and form Security and Defense Policies.

He will not head the global force, (like NATO ) ...but he will be the final decision-maker in military affairs, and have the power to enforce them.
He will work closely with whoever heads up the MNF ( multi-national force-- " the terrible of the nations", as the Bible calls them.) 
Please see Ezekiel Chapters 28 through 32 and also Joel 2 )

What a huge range of power -- all encompassing. Too much really for one person; but the time has come, according to Bible Prophecy.
( No, we do not think GWB fits this description at all, nor Tony Blair, nor Xavier Solana ). 
Tony Blair is being primed for an altogether different  position at the EU which we will share in another post.

In Him,
Jim and Angela

Union Minister of Foreign Affairs : now called
" High Representative of UFA and SP " -- June 22, 2007 ( Ed: HRUFASP for short )
The proposed EU foreign minister will now have the clunkier title of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, while the text in several places makes clear that the EU should not get any more foreign policy powers.
http://euobserver.com/9/24342/?rk=1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6232540.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/24/neu424.xml

High Representative of the European Union for FP, Defense and Security -- June 22, 2007
The title would be High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy, defense and security, instead of the Union Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Ed: a double portfolio .....
The new foreign policy chief will take over the jobs from present foreign policy chief Javier Solana and EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner.
The new foreign policy chief would chair meetings of the 27 EU foreign ministers and head a combined foreign service with both national and EU diplomats. http://english.people.com.cn/200706/23/eng20070623_386984.html
Ed: HREUFPDS for short

Vice-President of European Commission -- June 22, 2007
Under the deal, the foreign policy chief would be called High Representative of the European Union
and serve also as vice-president of the executive European Commission,
but would not get the title of 'foreign minister' as in the constitution.
The new foreign policy chief would chair meetings of EU foreign ministers and head a combined external action service drawing on both national and EU diplomats,http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070622-0746-eu-treaty-foreign.html

Moves to make EU foreign policy more decisive were at the heart of the constitutional treaty. All 27 member states signed up to a deal to create a single “foreign minister” who would sit in both the European Commission and the Council of Ministers, and thus end the absurd situation of having two representatives for every external issue. There was also to be a common “external action service” of EU diplomats running everything from diplomacy to development assistance.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/25ee73b6-1f56-11dc-ac86-000b5df10621,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F25ee73b6-
1f56-11dc-ac86-000b5df10621.html&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnews%3Fhl%3Den

Creation of an EU diplomatic corp --June 22, 2007
Thousands of European commission officials serving in its 120 delegations around the world - effectively diplomats in waiting - will come under his or her control. The minister is also expected to chair the EU council of foreign ministers, helping to define sensitive polices throughout the world, from the US to China, Iran and Iraq.
The draft drawn up early this morning states the EU’s foreign policy will lead to “the progressive framing of a common defence policy that might lead to a common defence
But critics say this will not be enough to prevent the EU corps from growing into a fully-fledged diplomatic service
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/23/ntreaty423.xml

In addition, as demanded by Britain the treaty will not refer to the appointment of a first-ever EU “foreign minister” but to a “high representative for foreign and security policy.” Britain claims that the title of foreign minister would give the impression that national governments were ceding sovereignty on foreign policy to the EU.
http://www.neurope.eu/view_news.php?id=75389