Odds against Blair, but don’t rule him out of race yet

TONY BLAIR’S chances of becoming the EU’s first president may be slim but he can’t yet be ruled out of a complex political game in Brussels which has barely begun.

The post of President of Europe is just one piece in a top jobs jigsaw which is only now starting to be assembled.

The President of Europe and a second post of EU Foreign Minister, both come into being under the Lisbon Treaty.