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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8753

23 July 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/commission presidency
José Manuel Durão Barroso totally rejects idea of "super-Commissioners" and hopes for "positive complicity" with Parliament - Daniel Cohn-Bendit launches heated attack - Mitigated criticism but also praise of candidate

Strasbourg, 22/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - After having been heard by the various political groups (see EUROPE of 14 and 15 July), the president-designate of the European Commission, José Manuel Durão Barroso, urged once more on Wednesday afternoon in Strasbourg for MEPs to vote "yes". "You are the voice of the people. I need your support. Europe needs a Commission that is strong, credible and independent (…). I hope Europe will also be social and cultural (…). Let us, together, open up...

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