Brussels, 29/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - After the distinctly negative reaction of the Socialists and the Greens/EFA at the prospect of José Manuel Durao Barroso's appointment as the new President of the European Commission (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.4), the reaction of other political groups at the European Parliament ranged from prudence to delight.
Prudence for the Liberals, whose President Graham Watson commented that Durao Barroso was highly qualified and on paper is clearly of the...