Brussels, 29/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - During an interview given by the president of the European Commission to Agence EUROPE this week (see first part published in yesterday's bulletin), José Manuel Barroso discussed how his institution functioned at an operational level. A lot of criticism has been directed at him for the Commission having displayed less independence from member state governments and backsliding in its role of driving force for European integration. Mr Barroso says that...