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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9828
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/commission

José Manuel Barroso says member states and not Commission prevented European regulation of financial markets before crisis - EU27 also blocking progress in social arena

Brussels, 28/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - With nine months to go before the mandate of the European Commission expires, its president, José Manuel Barroso, granted an exclusive interview to Agence EUROPE, which we are publishing in two parts. In the first part, as presented below, Mr Barroso refutes any direct Commission responsibility in the current financial and economic crisis and points his finger at the member states, which he claims blocked all attempts at coordinating and fostering...

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