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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9723

22 August 2008
(eu) eu/spain

21/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - The president of the European Commission and the president of the European Parliament reacted, on Wednesday 20 August, to the airliner accident that occurred that afternoon at Madrid-Barajas airport. The accident was one of the worst in Europe during recent years. In press releases, José Manuel Barroso and Hans-Gert Pöttering expressed condolences for all those concerned and for the families of the victims. The Spanair airliner, which was leaving for the Canary...