31/08/2007 (Agence Europe) - In a statement published on Friday 31 August to mark the centenary of the birth of European statesman Altiero Spinelli, the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, said he wished 'to honour the memory of this great and remarkable European for the contribution that he made to the construction of the European Union. Together with other founding fathers such as Alcide de Gasperi, he personified the Italian will for a strong political Europe at the...