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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8747

14 July 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/commission
José Manuel Barroso presents himself to Socialists as “centre reformist” taking up Prodi's ideas on financial perspectives and Stability Pact

Brussels, 13/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - “We have still not reached a decision but we are skeptical”, said Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the Party of European Socialists, thus setting the tone for introducing the hearing of José Manuel Durao Barroso, the candidate designate for the Commission presidency, before the PES Group in Parliament. Very much at ease, speaking in French and English in turn, and presenting himself as a “centre reformist” with employment as his topmost...

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