Agence France-Presse: The European Union’s new permanent president Herman Van Rompuy vowed Wednesday to make the fight against climate change and the economic crisis his top priority in the months ahead. Speaking ahead of a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel on his first official visit to Germany, Europe’s most populous country and its top economy, Van Rompuy said that the 27-member bloc must strive for two percent average annual growth. “One thing is clear now. We need economic growth which is …