11/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - Barroso calls for Swiss financial support. President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso wants the European Union and Switzerland to begin discussions as soon as possible on a Swiss financial contribution to Croatia, according to a letter from Barroso to the Swiss president, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf on 21 December. This letter was made public on 10 January by the Swiss minister for foreign affairs. The Swiss confederation is already helping the...