The British, the Spanish and the Italians credit him for his handling of the war issue, which helped fend off an inner EU conflict and the possibility of a long-term rupture.
Britanci, Spanjolci i Talijani mu pripisuju zasluge zbog načina na koji je vodio Uniju tijekom rata u Iraku, što je pomoglo u izbjegavanju unutarnjih sukoba u EU i mogućnosti dugoročnih lomova u Uniji.