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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8747

14 July 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/commission
"Sceptical" Greens find Mr Barroso, who promises to defend the environment, "pleasant"

Brussels, 13/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - "Our scepticism has grown and grown (...). You have been most pleasant (...) but if you are not elected, at least you will have earned a holiday!" The hearing of José Manuel Durao Barroso by the Greens, which opened with critical words from co-President Monica Frassoni about their "scepticism" ended with ones from the other co-President Daniel Cohn-Bendit which were scarcely more conciliatory. He stressed that his group's vote had not yet been decided:...

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