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	José Manuel Durão Barroso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		José Manuel Barroso resigned to become President of the European Commission, and made clear that he had resigned as Prime Minister of Portugal in the belief that he would be succeeded by Pedro Santana Lopes, his second in the PSD party.
		Among Barroso's goals as President of the European Commission is to revive public confidence in the Commission, which is widely regarded as having lost its sense of direction since the departure of Jacques Delors, who presided over it from 1985 to 1995 and who is widely regarded as its most dynamic and successful president ever.
		Before his appointment, Barroso was expected to be a cautious reformer, and is considered likely to champion the interests of Europe's smaller states (which may be explained by the fact that his parents were from the municipality of Valpaços in Northern Portugal, at a time the poorest region of the EU).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Dur%C3%A3o_Barroso (1183 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Portuguese PM Barroso Set to Be EU President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Durao Barroso's support for better relations with Washington and backing for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq made him acceptable to Britain -- one of the European Union's so-called "Big Three." He is not seen as a federalist or a nationalist.
		Durao Barroso fits the criteria set for the post by France and Germany since Portugal is a full member of all bloc policies, including the euro single currency.
		Durao Barroso imposed austerity measures on Portugal after it breached EU budget rules, prompting voters to punish his center-right party in European Parliament elections this month.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/06/27/portuguese_pm_barroso_set_to_be_eu_president (702 words)

	Portugal's Prime Minister Barroso nominated as European Commission president (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Barroso’s nomination by the ministers, who are appointed by national governments, must be approved in a secret ballot of members of the elected European Parliament on July 22.
		Barroso supported the Iraq War, despite opinion polls showing 84 per cent of the Portuguese population were opposed to it.
		Barroso’s resignation threatened to precipitate a general election and a dramatic defeat for the Social Democrats, especially since their trouncing in the recent European elections.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/jul2004/port-j21.shtml (1475 words)

	theparliament.com - Barroso is new EU chief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Barroso’s easy margin of victory will be a boost after early doubts over his suitability for the EU’s top job.
		José Durão Barroso was born in Lisbon on March 23 1956.
		Barroso was elected to Portugal's parliament at the age of 29 in 1985 - his career got off to a bright start as a centre-right deputy internal affairs minister.
	www.eupolitix.com /EN/News/200407/b83a3f7b-33af-47c0-93a1-f680741d0a89.htm (856 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Durao Barroso proposed for top EU job (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Durao Barroso, who was traveling Sunday to Turkey to attend a NATO summit, wasn't immediately available for comment.
		Durao Barroso has drawn criticism within his homeland for siding with the United States and Britain, rather than EU giants France and Germany, over the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq.
		Durao Barroso, who speaks fluent English, French and Spanish, is a veteran diplomat.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/06/27/portugals_barroso_proposed_for_eu_job (586 words)

	CTV.ca \| Portuguese leader proposed for top EU job
		Durao Barroso, who has led a conservative, pro-American coalition government in Portugal since 2002, was traveling Sunday to Turkey to attend a NATO summit and was not available for comment.
		Ahern said Durao Barroso, who would have to resign his post as prime minister, was being urged to take the job by EU leaders as well as his government and party colleagues in Portugal.
		Durao Barroso, 48, has drawn criticism within his homeland for siding with the United States and Britain, rather than EU giants France and Germany, over the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20040627/eu_portugal040627?s_name=&no_ads= (443 words)

	Europe: New European Commission President Promises Independent Leadership - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Durao Barroso acknowledged this in a speech to the parliament on 21 July.
		Durao Barroso says these are the leading EU values, followed by equality of opportunity, and solidarity, and social justice.
		Durao Barroso notes that member states retain the final say in foreign policy, but is demanding more "common vision." If the EU constitution is ratified, the bloc will get its first foreign minister, who will partly answer to Durao Barroso.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2004/07/1385e455-8a06-4fef-8676-7c6c1cf6c9e5.html?napage=2 (964 words)

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	republika.pl /archive1/2004-barroso-durao-europe-j-m-presidente.html (644 words)

	Real Instituto Elcano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Barroso’s vision of Europe is not that of a European federalist.
		Barroso’s vision of foreign policy —he was Foreign Affairs Minister under the Cavaco Silva government— is that a European perspective is not incompatible with a committed Atlanticism.
		The nomination of Barroso for President of the Commission —this is the first time that the job has been given to someone that is not from a founding member state— is a sign of the deep changes that have taken place in the Union since the most recent enlargement.
	www.realinstitutoelcano.org /analisis/584.asp (1196 words)

	EU lawmakers confirm Barroso as Brussels chief - EUbusiness - EU law, politics and finance
		Durao Barroso immediately pledged to "build bridges" between all political factions, whatever their differences over Iraq or other issues, and to help boost the European Union's role on the world stage.
		Durao Barroso's appointment comes at a crucial time for the EU, which finally agreed a long-disputed first-ever constitution last month, but faces an uphill struggle in getting it ratified amid a surge in euroscepticism.
		Durao Barroso was persuaded to run for the Brussels job after key US ally Britain vetoed frontrunner Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, judged too federalist by London but also opposed for his opposition to the Iraq war.
	www.eubusiness.com /Europarl/040722113014.m2dmt04x (726 words)

	International Spotlight: Portugal
		Portuguese political opposition leader José Manuel Durao Barroso has little time for those among his fellow Europeans who chortled and criticized the U.S. electoral system in the Florida recount affair, and argues that they could learn from the way the Americans managed to put the disagreement behind them once it was settled.
		Durao Barroso is gaining popularity among voters and political pundits say that if the PSD and the rightist Popular Party can form a solid alliance, they could win the next general elections which will take place in 2003.
		Durao Barroso fully supports Portugal being in line with the rest of its European Union partners and the benefits it has enjoyed from membership.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-adv/specialsales/spotlight/portugal/art2.html (306 words)

	Hard Nose - Newsweek: International Editions - MSNBC.com
		Barroso belonged to a Maoist group that had resisted the fascist regime, and he continued to fight what he saw as a new dictatorship of the left.
		Barroso has long since left Mao behind to embrace free markets, but it is that balance between conviction and pragmatism that has powered the former rebel's career as scholar, diplomat and politician.
		Barroso chose a socialist, Vladimir Spidla of the Czech Republic, for Employment, and a businesswoman, Neelie Kroes of the Netherlands, for Competition.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6263489/site/newsweek/site/newsweek (2266 words)

	CTV.ca - Portuguese leader accepts EU presidency- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		Durao Barroso, who has led a conservative coalition government in Portugal since 2002, was picked after nearly a dozen other candidates were rejected.
		A supporter of the Iraq war and a backer of greater EU integration, Durao Barroso was seen as a compromise candidate to appease the clashing views of France and Germany on one side and Britain on the other.
		Durao Barroso faces confirmation hearings in European Parliament in July, seen as a formality because he shares the same center-right views as the EU assembly's largest political group, the European People's Party.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1088539744659_83948944?hub=World&subhub=PrintStory (413 words)

	The Epoch Times \| European Parliament Approves New EU Executive Body
		Barroso withdrew his initial line-up of commissioners after a majority in Parliament threatened to veto the team because of widespread opposition to Italy's nominee, Rocco Buttiglione.
		Barroso to fire any commissioner who loses the confidence of Parliament or to appear before them to justify his refusal to do so.
		Barroso acknowledged the resolution but cautioned the legislators not to exceed their powers.
	english.epochtimes.com /news/4-11-18/24459.html (452 words)

	Inter Press Service News Agency
		In the election of Durão Barroso to preside over the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, it was not just his membership in the dominant family of the European People's Party (EPP) that had some bearing.
		Durão Barroso returned to the centre stage of politics in 1999 when he was elected president of the PSD, and his stature was only reinforced by his victory in the April 2002 legislative elections.
		The reactions to the nomination of Durão Barroso as the new European Commission chief were mostly positive, evident in the consensus of the European national leaders, and in the analysis of influential media like Britain's The Times and BBC, and France's Le Monde.
	www.ipsnews.net /africa/print.asp?idnews=24429 (896 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Europe
		Durao Barroso will be measured against Delors, a former French finance minister who with the backing of Germany and France laid the groundwork for the single market and euro and popularized the use of the EU's 12-starred flag.
		Durao Barroso will become the 11th president of the commission, and only the second from outside the six countries that founded the EU in the 1950s: Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
		Durao Barroso won power in 2002, ousting the Socialists after Portugal in 2001 became the first country to exceed the deficit limit for countries using the euro.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000085&refer=europe&sid=aaESV09b9jrI (1015 words)

	European Commission - José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
		President Barroso and Commissioner Rehn are participating today in a seminar on the Future of the European Union in Pori, Finland.
		Barroso first reiterated the objective: "To promote and protect children's rights in all EU policies without interfering in local initiatives but, on the contrary, by bringing the EU's added value where it exists".
		European Commission, represented by President Barroso and Commissioner Michel for Development, and FIFA signed a memorandum of understanding for football in Africa, in the Caribbean and Pacific countries in Berlin, on Sunday the 9th of July, a few hours before the World Cup Final.
	ec.europa.eu /commission_barroso/president/index_en.htm (1404 words)

	www.epha.org - printer friendly article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A lawyer, fluent in several languages (English, French and Spanish), Mr Barroso is the leader of the Social Democrat Party in Portugal.
		Mr Barroso was also instrumental in organising a summit of countries that supported the war in Iraq.
		Barroso has spoken out in favour of having a well-funded and interventionist Commission, which has a strong capacity to enforce EU laws and business regulations and oversee the fair distribution of EU development aid.
	www.epha.org /article_texte.php3?id_article=1338 (251 words)

	Who is Durao Barroso RESPONSE - Pravda.Ru
		Barroso is not only a well educated Minister he is a well experience diplomat with more than ten years of experience in diplomacy.
		Barroso was elected as Prime Minister of Portugal, he inhered a country that had a large debt, a country that had a serious corruption problem and some mismanagement.
		Barroso is in course to embarrass him self or the country he represents, Mr.
	english.pravda.ru /opinion/feedback/04-07-2004/6048-barroso-0 (399 words)

	theparliament.com - Barroso takes top EU job (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The centre-right Barroso took a pro-Iraq war stance but Portugal’s membership of the euro and the promise of plum jobs in November’s new EU executive has swung Paris and Berlin behind him.
		Despite Ahern’s praise for Barroso the row over the appointment, and the debt of gratitude he will owe Paris and Berlin, may weaken him amid the perception he is a ‘lowest common denominator’ option.
		He is already being compared to the 1995 commission head and former Luxembourg leader Jacques Santer, forced to resign in 1999, and will have to firmly stamp his authority early on in tough debates to come on EU spending this winter.
	www.eupolitix.com /EN/News/200406/53f26616-1f4b-4532-8a1f-cbfc4184ff1e.htm (573 words)

	Portuguese Prime Minister Likely to Head EU Commission \| Europe \| Deutsche Welle \| 28.06.2004
		In his youth, as a law student under the Portuguese dictatorship, Durao Barroso was a Marxist activist, but already at age 20, his allegiances shifted towards the political center.
		Durao Barroso worked closely with former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, and hosted a meeting between Aznar, U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Blair on the Azores in March 2003 that cemented the four countries' decision to cooperate in the Iraq war.
		Unless Durao Barroso's nomination is accepted by all 25 EU heads of state on Tuesday, the European Parliament will have to vote on whether to appoint him, which could happen as early as mid-July.
	www.dw-world.de /popups/popup_printcontent/0,,1248985,00.html (625 words)

	Portuguese opposition wants answers on Iraq WMD claims
		Durao Barroso said before the start of the US-led invasion of Iraq last March that he had seen intelligence reports proving the existence of the weapons.
		Filipe called on Durao Barroso to go before parliament, and demanded that he declassify all Portuguese intelligence service reports relating to Iraq, used by the government to base its support for the war.
		Durao Barroso's government backed the war in the face of huge opposition from other parties and the public at large.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040205201900.b3rlmtx7.html (433 words)

	EU: Leaders Find Compromise Candidate For Commission President - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Almost unknown outside his own country, Durao Barroso is being described as both intensely pro-European, and at the same time Atlanticist in terms of supporting good relations with the United States.
		Durao Barroso's name will be put to the union's ruling Council of Ministers tomorrow.
		Durao Barroso will be a key figure in imposing order and direction on potential chaos.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2004/6/06A2A564-8645-4200-96D6-E9FD8E0BDCA8.html (965 words)

	Who is Durao Barroso? - Pravda.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Jose Manuel Durao Barroso was born in Lisbon on 23rd March, 1956.
		In 1999, Barroso took advantage of an internal power struggle in his party (after the previous leader Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was forced to resign after a disastrous alliance with the Popular Party of Paulo Portas).
		It is a question of time before Jose Barroso commits an enormous gaffe in Europe, making as much a spectacle of himself (for the wrong reasons) abroad as he has done at home for the last two years, having arrived at his level of incompetence under Peter's Principle.
	english.pravda.ru /mailbox/22/101/399/13245_Barroso.html (955 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Barroso, José Manuel Durão (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		BARROSO, JOSÉ MANUEL DURÃO [Barroso, José Manuel Durão], 1956-, Portuguese politician, b.
		A leftist activist while in law school, he became a Social Democrat in 1980 and was first elected to the Portuguese parliament in 1985.
		He resigned in 2004 after he was chosen as a compromise candidate to succeed Romano Prodi as president of the European Commission, the European Union's executive body.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/BarrosoJMD.asp (128 words)

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