Jose Manuel Barroso
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso arrives for the European Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on May 22, 2013. Leaders of recession-hit Europe take a fresh stab at fighting tax fraud and evasion worth a trillion euros a year at a summit Wednesday but seem unlikely to convince reluctant Austria and Luxembourg to sign on.
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The Commission continues to have serious concerns about the conformity of the fourth amendment to the Hungarian Constitution with European law ... The Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has been working actively with the Council of Europe to address the concerns that we have raised with the Hungarian authorities.
Some deleveraging is necessary and it is completely irresponsible to suggest that some countries that are so vulnerable should now go for growth with stimulus programs for their economies ... That would only increase ... the interest rates they pay, that would be a real problem for their growth.
Tomorrow we will commit €520 million for Mali between 2013 and 2014More quotes »
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VIDEO: EU summit debate
EU governments have been criticised by the European Commission and many MEPs for failing to do enough to tackle the problem of tax evasion and tax havens. The debate on 21 May 2013 took place a day before a summit of EU leaders that has been called to tr from BBC News Read more »
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EU says worried by Russia's human rights record
(L-R) Russian President Vladimir Putin, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso address a joint news conference during a European Union-Russia summit in Brussels December 21, 2012. BRUSSELS (Reut from Reuters Mobile Read more »
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Culture to get special treatment in US trade talks, Barroso says
BRUSSELS - Special treatment of culture "makes sense," European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso has said in relation to upcoming EU-US trade talks. Speaking at the European Business Summit in Brussels on Thursday (16 May), he noted that "cultura from EUobserver.com Read more »
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[Ticker] Barroso demands French reform programme
European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso has called on France to present a radical package of economic reforms if the country is to be given an extra two years to correct its budget deficit. France, which has fallen into a triple dip recession, need from EUobserver.com Read more »
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Donors pledge 3.25b euros to aid Mali recovery
French President Francois Hollande (L) holds a news conference with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso at the donors' conference on the development of Mali in Brussels May 15, 2013. [Photo/Agencies] BRUSSELS - International donors pledged from China Daily Read more »
