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Barroso is back 2009

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is reported to have said yesterday that (my emphasis): We are now closer than ever before.

Who are "the people which matter in Britain"? Not a sheep 2008

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is reported to have said yesterday that (my emphasis): We are now closer than ever before.

Archive 2008-12-01 Not a sheep 2008

Chief Euro Nabob, Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is clearly relying on Blair to sidestep any question of getting the wholehearted consent of the British people to whatever rehash of the moribund Euro Constitution which has twice been rejected (by the people of France and of The Netherlands) at the EU summit in Brussels on June 21-22 2007.

Archive 2007-05-27 2007

Barroso is not actually interested in a debate, except on his terms – where the question of continued support for the EU is a given.

They don't want to know Richard 2006

If the commission president was more versed in the orthodoxies of the Monnet method, alarm bells would be ringing, but Barroso is going with the flow.

It ain't Brussels, stoopid! Richard 2006

After all, Barroso is at pains to tell us of his "green" initiative, "This is not a moralistic campaign.

Are there no depths…? Richard 2006

All that is left to Barroso is to offer a "three step plan" which will be unveiled on 10 May – the day after "Europe Day" – almost certainly to a completely indifferent world.

You have been warned Richard 2006

But attempts by UKIP MEP Nigel Farage to call Barroso to the parliament to give an account of his actions, and the potential for conflict of interest, have been blocked by MEPs.

Gutless MEPs Richard 2005

One might then ask why Schröder took it upon himself to intervene personally to prevent the EU parliament's socialist group calling Barroso to explain his links with Latsis, one at least of whose companies is linked with Hochtief.

Seven minutes to change the world Richard 2005