The fish rots from the head

by Kosmopolit in EU politics

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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 [...]

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Anyone but Barroso!

by Kosmopolit in Digital Public Sphere, EU politics

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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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