24/11/2005 (Agence Europe) - Reporting on his activity as Commissioner for transport during the first year of the Barroso Commission (see other article), Vice-President Jacques Barrot acknowledged on Thursday when speaking to a small group of journalists that the Commission has, over the past twelve months, experienced “circumstances that have been more difficult than usual”. Mr Barrot cited the rejection of the European Constitution in France and the Netherlands and the failure of the...