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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9895

6 May 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/commission
Socialists' support for José Manuel Barroso's extended mandate as head of Commission is conditional

Brussels, 05/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 5 May, the vice president of the Socialist Group at the European Parliament, Hannes Swoboda (Austria), said that the European Socialists, who agreed to withdraw their own candidate for the post of president of the European Commission, will only give their support to an extension of José Manuel Barroso's presidency (the EPP candidate) if the latter is committed to working towards a more social Europe. Swoboda told journalists in Strasbourg...

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