The Bertelsmann Stiftung has produced a paper in its ‘Spotlight’ series about how the President of the European Council should be selected, and the factors that need to be taken into account with the appointment. The paper is available for download in English and German. The main page of their EU-Spotlight project is here. I’m not sure I agree with the analysis, but it’s worth a read.
Jon,
Thank you for pointing out this interesting paper, which I had somehow missed.