EPP backs Barroso mandate II - europe

The center-right European People's Party has given public backing to the re-appointment of Jose Manuel Barroso for a second term as the president of the European Commission. The EPP's unanimous decision came at the end of the party's two-day congress in Warsaw, at which it launched its European Parliament election campaign. EPP Secretary General Antonio López-Istúriz praised the 53-year-old Portuguese former prime minister's track record since he took office in 2004, and said: "We believe that part of what is gained from a free market economy, one in which we do not intervene, self-regulated to see that fair play is observed... We believe that this economy will generate profits that will be passed along to address social questions." Barroso 's first mandate expires in November. He has already won Spain, Portugal, France and Britain's support. But neither his handling of Europe's response to the financial crisis has escaped criticism, nor the Commission's position on leaving Polish shipyards to compete without subsidies. Guest of honour at the meeting Lech Walesa, of Solidarity trade union fame, also appealed to Europe's social conscience.

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[ProtectingDemocracy]

Barroso is an enemy of freedom & democracy. He has said that one country cannot decide for the others (clearly false in this case since the treaty must be good for everyone), and that the lisbon process will continue regardless of how anyone votes at any time, and that the Irish apparently should vote yes because of being given money (bribery). His ideas on executive power parallel those of Hitler & Stalin.

He is a dangerous idiot, and must be removed from office.

[Spenner56]

I truly hope Barrosso can keep his job.

He is the perfect head of the EU (yes I know that the un-elected commission are the only people in Europe allowed to propose legislation,yet they don't belong to the EU) !

1.This man says all you need to know about the EU :

`The (un-elected) commission respects the (democratic) Irish NO vote.........but.

2.`Europe is now 27 countries´.

Don't vote for this in June.

[Krathor12]

Barroso is a great politician and I think he did a lot as EC president. I wish him luck for a second term. Cheers Barroso!