Chris Patten, the former European Union external relations commissioner, has emerged as a potential candidate to become the EU's first foreign minister.
Lord Patten, now chancellor of Oxford University, said he would not lobby for the post but would be “very positive” if asked.
Britain now has two political heavyweights who have signalled their availability for new high-profile EU jobs next January, if the bloc's Lisbon reform treaty is finally ratified this autumn.
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