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                    EU Names Polish PM as Council President

   by VOA News

   <p>The European Union chose new leadership Saturday, announcing
   Poland's Prime Minister Donald Turk as its new council
   president.</p> <p>EU leaders chose Italian Foreign Minister
   Federica Mogherini to succeed Catherine Ashton as head of foreign
   policy for the 28-nation bloc.</p> <p>Former Belgian Prime
   Minster Herman Van Rompuy, who currently heads the European Council,
   said the transition of power comes at a critical time for the EU, as it
   addresses the crisis of a bellicose Russia and unstable Ukraine on its
   eastern front.</p> <p>Turk and Mogherini will assume their
   new roles in November.</p>
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