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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8829

18 November 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/barroso commission
José Manuel Barroso tells MEPs his new team is ready to work, with their support for a better Europe - EPP-DE, PES, ALDE and UEN announce support, Greens/EFA and GUE/NGL have problems with Commissioners-designate Kroes and Frattini and Independence and Democracy group reject it

Strasbourg, 17/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday afternoon José Manuel Barroso told MEPs that he was in their hands and asked for their confidence. The president-elect of the European Commission said that three weeks ago he suggested "stopping the clocks" and today the time had come to get them going again (his draft decision of 27 October to postpone the presentation of his team for Parliament's investiture). He exclaimed that, "With your support, we can build a better Europe. My team...

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