Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy appointed first `` president of Europe , '' British PM Gordon Brown says . Score: 6 President of EC will be first permanent chief of the European Council of Ministers . And as the one man who might have been able to take Britain into the European single currency , he had not even attempted to do so while he was Britain 's prime minister . Selection conducted by heads of state and government , not by Europe 's parliamentarians .
Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy appointed first `` president of Europe , '' British PM Gordon Brown says . Score: 6 President of EC will be first permanent chief of the European Council of Ministers . Selection conducted by heads of state and government , not by Europe 's parliamentarians .