Grateful Barroso offers MEPs a say on EU reform
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JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, the new European commission president, offered MEPs a powerful role in reshaping the EU&#39;s political, economic and social agenda and redefining its relations with the world after winning resounding backing for his team yesterday.
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Finance ministers from the 12-nation Eurozone countries discussed on Friday a proposal to reform the European Union (EU)&#39;s Stability and Growth Pact and agreed it formed a good basis for discussion.
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BRUSSELS The incoming president of the European Commission offered an olive branch to the European Parliament on Thursday but failed to quell a rebellion by deputies that is threatening the future of a conservative Catholic commissioner-designate, Rocco
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BRUSSELS  - Incoming EU executive head Jose Manuel Barroso said he hopes for &quot;clear&quot; approval when EU lawmakers finally vote on his new team later this month, to end an unprecedented state of limbo in Brussels.
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Mr Barroso believes he must replace or reshuffle between three and five members of his 24-member team to win the approval of the European parliament, which refused on Wednesday to back his line-up, prompting ...
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Since the new European Commission was unveiled last week by Jos Manuel Barroso, the Portuguese politician succeeding Romano Prodi in the presidency, the French government has insisted it was satisfied with the ...
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JosÃ© Manuel Barrosoâs new look European Commission is to be fast-tracked by MEPs following a reshuffle. The incoming Brussels chief has unveiled a minimalist redesign of his delayed EU executive tailored to suit the European Parliament.
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European Commission President- designate Jose Barroso won parliamentary approval for his 25- member leadership team, pledging to spur the flagging economy and repair trans-Atlantic ties.
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Ending three weeks of stalemate, European lawmakers have approved a new executive commission for the European Union. European MPs had refused to accept a new team of commissioners proposed by Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
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BRUSSELS The decision by Rocco Buttiglione to relinquish his claim on the European Commission&#39;s justice and security portfolio means JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, the incoming president, will be able to get Parliament&#39;s approval for a new college of commissioners
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The European Union official in charge of enlargement says the EU decision on membership talks with Turkey will take into account that country&#39;s progress in implementing reforms.
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BRUSSELS JosÃ© Manuel Barroso came out fighting here Monday, his first day as president of the European Commission, saying the uncertainty surrounding the incoming commission had not dented the European Union&#39;s credibility but was a sign of a growing EU
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An eleventh hour face saving move by the President-Designate of the European Commission JosÃ© Manuel Durao Barroso managed to diffuse an institutional crisis in the European Union yesterday.
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Jose Manuel Barroso, the incoming European Commission president, sought to rescue his 24-member executive team yesterday, on the eve of a legislative vote that could throw the EU into turmoil.
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The European Parliament voted into office a new European Commission headed by former Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Barroso today.
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Graham Watson, the South West and Gibraltar Lib Dem MEP was in Gibraltar today to take part in their National Day celebrations.
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The European Commission on Friday suggested ways of revamping the EUâs Stability and Growth Pact and said change was vital to restoring the credibility of its much-flouted budget discipline rules.