The Liberals have not held back in their comments on the attitude of the Commission as the European response to the financial crisis is being prepared. “The voice of the Commission president has been conspicuously quiet,” said the leader of the ELDR Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck at the opening of the party's Congress in Stockholm on 30 October. She added: “Once again Mr Barroso has preferred to wait and see first what member states would do. Once again, he has missed an opportunity to put...