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News Archive 2004

22/07/2004
Barroso Approved as New Commission President

Former Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso has today been approved as the new European Commission President.

The newly elected European Parliament approved his appointment in Strasbourg today following his nomination by European Leaders last month in Brussels.

Jonathan Evans MEP, Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament, said: "Mr Barroso has a proven track record as a reforming Prime Minister at home, a free marketer and a true Atlanticist. We support more open and constructive dialogue across the Atlantic, unhindered by anti-American rhetoric, some of which, sadly, we hear too often within the EU.

"I hope that the President will be bold in reforming the Commission and its workings in a manner that genuinely meets the expectations of Europe. The President must make tackling fraud, waste and maladministration a priority of his term of office."

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