Brussels, 07/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - This Monday 7 September, the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, opened the Jean Monnet conference, which this year celebrates 20 years of the Commission's support for European studies. Mr Barroso took the opportunity to stress the essential nature of university networks in the distribution of knowledge and reflection on European integration, which "do a remarkable intellectual job, feeding into the European project" (our...