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	Commission européenne - José Manuel Barroso, président de la Commission européenne
		Barroso highlighted the efforts, undertaken by both UN and the EU, in supporting the country's democratic and peaceful process.
		Commission President Barroso is on a two-day visit to Lithuania, where he gave a speech to the Lithuanian parliament commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome.
		President Barroso said in particular that the European Commission is determined to work with the PM in her efforts to tackle the high levels of public debt and the crime situation – much of which is linked to poverty.
	ec.europa.eu /commission_barroso/president/index_fr.htm (4993 words)

	Jose Barroso - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Jose Barroso - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Durão Barroso, José Manuel, born in 1956, Portuguese politician, prime minister of Portugal from 2002 to 2003.
		Resistance to the PSD gradually increased, however, despite the government’s promises of continued growth.
	encarta.msn.com /Jose_Barroso.html (128 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Portuguese PM Barroso Set to Be EU President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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)

	Hard Nose - Newsweek: International Editions - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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 chose a socialist, Vladimir Spidla of the Czech Republic, for Employment, and a businesswoman, Neelie Kroes of the Netherlands, for Competition.
		Barroso's political career took off in 1985 when the PDS won elections and tapped him as deputy minister of the Interior at the age of 29, and of Foreign Affairs at 31.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6263489/site/newsweek/site/newsweek (2236 words)

	Portugal's Prime Minister Barroso nominated as European Commission president
		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)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Durao Barroso proposed for top EU job (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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)

	theparliament.com - Barroso is new EU chief
		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)

	Real Instituto Elcano
		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)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Portuguese leader gets 'overwhelming support' to take over EU's executive ...
		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.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040627-0823-eu-topjob.html (470 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)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Barroso, José Manuel Durão (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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)

	European Commission - José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
		Commission President Barroso and Enlargement Commissioner Rehn participate in the summit of heads of state and government in Zagreb, where the new Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is being established.
		President Barroso opened the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome from the Italian capital, the scene of the initial signing which laid the foundations for the EU.
		President Barroso received German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country is currently holding the Presidency of the European Council, at Berlaymont.
	europa.eu.int /comm/commission_barroso/president/index_en.htm (5152 words)

	EurActiv.com - Barroso makes good overall impression in Parliament \| EU - European Information on Future EU
		José Manuel Durão Barroso, the European Council's nominee for the presidency of the Commission, took part in seven successive hearings organised by the seven political groups currently established within the European Parliament on 13-14 July.
		Barroso - who was proud to say that Portugal was the only country where a woman was heading the finance ministry - called on the governments to to propose some women candidates to him.
		Barroso will make a statement to the plenary session, which will be followed by a debate on 21 July.
	www.euractiv.com /en/constitution/barroso-good-impression-parliament/article-128654 (1050 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)

	Portuguese PM lands top EU job \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, the Portuguese prime minister who has emerged as the new European commission chief, is a compromise figure poised to move from obscurity in one of the EU's smaller countries to the biggest job in Europe.
		Mr Barroso is not seen as a European visionary, either of the federalist or the nationalist variety.
		As its president Mr Barroso will need the qualities he is often credited with: a thick skin and the doggedness acquired during his political journey from Maoist student activist opposing the Salazar dictatorship to conservative prime minister.
	www.guardian.co.uk /eu/story/0,7369,1248790,00.html (636 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Profile: Jose Manuel Durao Barroso
		Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, the man nominated to be the new president of the European Commission, has long been seen as a prodigy in Portuguese politics.
		Mr Durao Barroso is a convinced European - fluent in several languages - and was seen as one of only a few leaders capable of winning the backing of all 25 member states in the bloc.
		Mr Durao Barroso supported the war in Iraq and provided the venue for talks between US President George W Bush and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in the Azores on the eve of the conflict, thus guaranteeing his approval by the likes of Britain and Italy.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3844973.stm (469 words)

	Print news - IPS Inter Press Service
		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 /print.asp?idnews=24429 (896 words)

	EU: Leaders Find Compromise Candidate For Commission President - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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 (967 words)

	Portugal's electoral coup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Durão Barroso was nominated for the European presidency at the end of June after Britain vetoed a Franco-German bid to appoint Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt as president, claiming he was too federalist and anti-United States.
		Durão Barroso strongly backed the war in Iraq and sent a unit of 127 military policemen (GNR) to join the occupation that is serving under British command.
		Durão Barroso came to power in March 2002 with Portugal the first eurozone country to break the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact with a public deficit of 4.1 percent of GDP.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/aug2004/port-a09.shtml (1212 words)

	Who is Durao Barroso? - Pravda.Ru
		Jose Manuel Durao Barroso was born in Lisbon on 23rd March, 1956.
		In the general election held in October of that year, Jose Barroso was elected a Member of Parliament at 29 years of age, becoming Sub-Secretary of State in the Internal Affairs Ministry.
		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 (932 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Portuguese PM gets EU's top job
		Mr Durao Barroso emerged as a compromise candidate.
		Correspondents say Mr Durao Barroso is seen as sufficiently pro-European for the French and Germans, but, as a supporter of the war in Iraq, is also acceptable to Britain, Italy and Poland.
		Mr Durao Barroso's appointment still has to be approved by the European Parliament which will vote on the issue in mid-July.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3844443.stm (473 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com:Jose Manuel Barroso can lose
		Barroso told the Liberals, as he told parliament earlier, that reshuffling the team would cause more problems than it would solve.
		Buttiglione, 56, a confidant of english.pravda.ru/society/2002/07/02/31642.html ' target=_blank>Pope John Paul, is at the centre of a growing crisis after offending secularists, liberals and leftists by espousing traditional views on homosexuality, marriage and single mothers, informs Reuters.
		Senhor Barroso earlier made a passionate plea to the Parliament to approve his new team, while Mr Blair and Gerhard Schröder, the German Chancellor, lobbied their national MEPs in an attempt to avert a defeat that would throw the EU into turmoil on the eve of Friday's signing ceremony for Europe's new constitution.
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2004/10/27/56820_.html (468 words)

	Barroso, Jose Manuel Durao biography - S9.com
		1956 - José Manuel Durão Barroso was born in Lisbon, 23rd of March.
		1985 - Barroso was named Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
		1995 - Barroso was elected as a representative for Lisbon in the Assembly of the Republic.
	www.s9.com /Biography/Barroso-Jose-Manuel-Durao (163 words)

	theparliament.com - Barroso takes the reins
		José Durão Barroso was confirmed as the next European Commission president on Tuesday evening.
		The position was secured at a special summit of Europe's leaders in a last ditch attempt by the Irish to finalise the post under their stint in the EU presidency.
		Barroso said he would take on his new job, "with a great deal of realism and enthusiasm and also with a touch of ambition".
	www.eupolitix.com /EN/News/200406/0383e221-63de-41f0-8841-21d73915b236.htm (239 words)

	CNN.com - Portugal set for right-wing deal - March 21, 2002
		Barroso, who failed to win an overall majority in last weekend's election, is set to enter negotiations with the right-wing Popular Party to form a government by April.
		Barroso was reported by Reuters as saying: "I believe that it is necessary that the next government have the widest possible support, and that is what I am going to do."
		Barroso, 45, was elected on a manifesto focusing on the flagging economy.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/03/21/portugal.leader (337 words)

	Antwerp
		The statements from London and Berlin, and Mr Durao Barroso's formal nomination, make him a virtual certainty for the post, which will be decided at a special summit tomorrow nig...
		PORTUGUESE Premier Jose Manuel Durao Barroso is set to become the next President of the European Commission.
		Jose Manuel Durao Barroso: the Quiet Portugese who is unlikely to upset the status quo
	archive.wn.com /2004/06/28/1400/antwerp (616 words)

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