THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/commission

Barroso is “candidate of heads of government and right wing, but not ours,” says Schulz

Strasbourg, 15/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - Although not wishing to “reduce everything to personalities”, the leader of the S&D Group, Martin Schulz, speaking on the sidelines of the Strasbourg sitting on Tuesday 15 September, was fiercely critical of Commission president candidate José Manuel Barroso, who is about to be re-appointed by a relative majority comprising the EPP, the ELDR and the Eurosceptic Polish Czech and British MEPs. While the main issue, for Schulz, is whether the...