Tag Archives: Barroso
Quotes of the Week (VI)
Richard Laming (Federal Union Blog) The powers that the EU ought to have are those that the member states cannot exercise effectively on their own: no more and no less. Nosemonkey: the EU’s “democratic deficit”[...] is actually preserving the sovereignty of the member states. Jean Quatremer: (Solana) L’homme qui “parle toutes les langues sans qu’on [...]
Posted in European Debate | Also tagged Blair, constitutional court, EU, Germany, Iran, lisbon treaty, quotes of the week, Solana | 2 Comments
Barroso, Sarko, Merkel
Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland, Germany
Posted in European Union | Also tagged Angela Merkel, EU, European Council, José Manuel Barroso, Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy, Sarko, summit | 1 Comment
Stop Barroso – too little too late?
Stop Barroso is a nice campaign by the greens with a very funny video (via Anyone but Barroso) . “In the absence of a firm agenda from him, perhaps we take this as his programme for government?” asks The European Citizen blog. Although I fully support the campaign and the idea behind it I partly [...]
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Quotes of the week (IV)
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen: In 2004 Barroso was a compromise candidate, in 2009 he is a compromised candidate. Daily Mail’s Chief Leader Writer We couldn’t report on what is going on in Europe, and no paper can because the readers won’t wear it. It is simply not conceivable that we would cover, for example, the European [...]
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The fish rots from the head
Wolfgang Münchau hits the nail on the head: There is nothing in European politics that stinks more than the apparent inevitability of another five-year term for José Manuel Barroso, the Portuguese president of the Commission. He spent most of the last few years on his bid for re-election rather than doing his job. If the [...]
Anyone but Barroso!
Jon Worth has just launched a new campaign that aims at replacing European Commission President Barroso with…well, anyone but Barroso. And it is even featured in this weeks European Voice! The “Anyone but Barroso” – Campaign calls for a new Commission President in 2009: We don’t care who but the Commission needs a new President [...]
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Peer Steinbrück – The new German EU Commissioner?