BRUSSELS, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- European Council President-designate Herman Van Rompuy and the European Union's revolving presidency will be linked in several ways, observers said.
Van Rompuy, the center-right Belgian prime minister, begins his duties Jan. 1, as will Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who will take on the day-to-day running of the EU in all areas except foreign policy, the EUobserver reported Friday.