José Manuel Barroso

Gordon Brown joins European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, below right, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, below left, and Maltese Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi at the opening of a two-day EU Summit in Brussels yesterday Tony...

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...for a slew of top European Commission jobs. Jose Manuel Barroso, the Commission president, declined to comment on Friday on how he planned to distribute portfolios to 26 incoming commissioners. But French president Nicolas Sarkozy had...

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...to the detriment of former British prime minister Tony Blair All smiles: Ashton with her congratulatory flowers and Barroso address the press after the announcement Lady Ashton will head up a 5,000-strong EU diplomatic service with...

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...will join Merkel for a ceremonial walk through the gate. Other guests include the presidents of the European Commission and Parliament, Jose Manuel Barroso and Jerzy Buzek. For the past several days, central Berlin has been divided...

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...for Baroness Ashton's new role as EU foreign minister, is a "fait accompli". But Mr Barroso said: "Let's be blunt, all of us are subject to requests of pressure. But at the end of the day I have the final responsibility." Sources in...

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...of State Hillary Clinton, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, European Commission Chairman Jose Manuel Barroso, and Germany's former Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher. On November 9 Chancellor...

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...French president. Only the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and Italy's Silvio Berlusconi ranked higher among European leaders, while Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission's president, did not make the cut. In the 11 years since...

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...the excesses of American-style capitalism. In September, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso declared that workers' rights and "social cohesion" were top priorities on the Old Continent. And Italy's veteran Economy Minister,...

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...as a check on Cameron," said one official. Jose Manuel Barroso, the commission president, has also backed the ideas of the president being more of a committee chairman rather than a world leader. Only yesterday John Bruton, the Commission's...

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