30/08/2011 (Agence Europe) - Barroso congratulates new prime minister of Japan. On Tuesday 30 August, the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, sent a message of congratulations to Yoshihiko Noda upon his appointment as prime minister of Japan. Barroso speaks of the ambitious agenda adopted at the last EU-Japan summit on 28 May this year for the comprehensive upgrading of their political and economic relations. He underlines that, as partners sharing the same values and...