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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:50 PM

José Manuel Barroso

Type: Person

Name: José Manuel Barroso (Jose Manuel Barroso)

Title: President

Organization: European Comssion

Date of Birth: 23/03/1956

Place of Birth: Lisbon

Nationality: Portugal

Fact Sheet: Biography for Jose Manuel Barroso

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 11 Documents

Tony Blair

Denis MacShane: At last Britain wins a Euro-title

Listening to Justin Webb stuttering himself into silence on Today yesterday morning was a reminder of how poorly trained London-based journalists are on how Europe works. Webb was a master of Capitol Hill in Washington and unrivalled in reporting the ... [The Independent - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Denis MacShane, Tony Blair, Justin Webb, European Union, Gordon Brown

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 4 Documents (in Environment)

European Union

What has been achieved at the EU-Russia summit?

Historical twists and turns are still in many people’s mind as Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev came to Stockholm for a one day summit with the European Union and the EU Presidency Sweden. The Swedish media welcomed the Russian Prime Minister with ... [People's Daily Online - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Russia, European Union, Fredrik Reinfeldt

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 9 Documents (in Politics)

Herman van Rompuy

Reaction to first EU president

EU leaders have reacted to the appointment of Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy as the first permanent European Council President.US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMAThe United States has no stronger partner than Europe in advancing security and prosperity ... [BBC - 11/20/2009]

Entities: European Union, Herman van Rompuy, Belgium, José Manuel Barroso, Nicolas Sarkozy

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 4 Documents (in Environment)

Dmitry Medvedev

EU-Russia Summit : Russia Raises Ambitions Ahead Of Copenhagen

Dressed for the occasion with a badge with the text '2°C' on his lapel ? a present from Minister for Enterprise and Energy Maud Olofsson ? Russian President Dmitry Medvedev declared at the EU-Russia summit in Stockholm on Wednesday that Russia takes the ... [eGov Monitor - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Russia, European Union, Copenhagen, Dmitry Medvedev

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Fredrik Reinfeldt

China to host 12th summit with EU

Comment| EnlargeSTOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Swedish government says climate change will be one of the main topics of discussion when China and the European Union hold their 12th summit November 30.The meeting in Nanjing, China, will also focus ... [UPI - 11/20/2009]

Entities: European Union, China, Government of Sweden, Fredrik Reinfeldt, José Manuel Barroso

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents (in Politics)

Henry Kissinger

EU has one number for foreign policy

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Union on Thursday evening (19 November) said it had solved the long-standing question of whom the US secretary of state should call with foreign policy problems, but admitted the situation may not be so clear in other ... [EUobserver - 11/20/2009]

Entities: European Union, Foreign Policy, Henry Kissinger, José Manuel Barroso

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Environment)

EC Sues Bulgaria over Poor Waste Disposal

The European Commission will pursue court action against Bulgaria for failing to properly implement EU waste law, the Commission said Friday two years after it launched an infringement procedure on the issue.The case concerns inadequate waste disposal ... [Sofia News Agency - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Bulgaria, Sofia, Boyko Borisov

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents

EU names Belgian PM Van Rompuy as first president (Reuters)

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, who is little known outside his own country, as the bloc's first president on Thursday to lead efforts to make it more influential on the world stage.They also ... [West Australian - 11/20/2009]

Entities: European Union, José Manuel Barroso, Tony Blair

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

EU seeks to avoid vote on president as leaders prepare for summit

Sweden will seek a last-minute compromise among the European Union's 27 member states on Thursday to appoint a president and foreign affairs chief, after weeks of informal talks failed to produce any front runners.After almost two full rounds of consultations ... [Telegraph - 11/19/2009]

Entities: European Union, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Sweden, Giuliano Amato

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

New bible of Spanish grammar to be published next month

The first two volumes of the 'Nueva gramatica de la lengua española' (New Grammar of the Spanish Language) will go on sale in Spain and Latin America on Dec. 4, the Association of Spanish Language Academies and Espasa publishing house announced Wednesday.The ... [RBC Dain Rauscher - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Queen Sofia, Medellin, Spain

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Cowen keeps it in the FF family

THE Taoiseach has appointed Maire Geoghegan-Quinn as Ireland's next Commissioner in Europe. If ratified, it will prove beyond all doubt, if proof were needed, that Mr Cowen and his Fianna Fail party are tribal to an extremely worrying degree.MGQ opted ... [Irish Independent - 11/19/2009]

Entities: European Union, Catherine Day, Pat The Cope Gallagher, Longford (Ireland)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

EU top jobs summit today - Castille mum on Dalli's nomination

The office of the Prime Minister yesterday would not say whether Social Policy Minister John Dalli will be nominated as Malta's next European Commissioner despite a meeting between him and Commission president Jos Manuel Barroso in Brussels on Tuesda ... [Times of Malta - 11/19/2009]

Entities: John Dalli, European Union, Malta

Quotes

The European commission's president, José Manuel Barroso, said of Ashton's appointment: "we believe it's so important that britain remains at the heart of our project."

Belgian and Briton appointed to lead EU [Guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009]

The President of the EU Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, also praised the appointments, saying it would be "impossible to find a better choice than those personalities for the european union leadership"

Herman Van Rompuy appointed EU President [Business Intelligence Middle East - 11/20/2009]

Barroso said it had been "impossible to make a better choice" than van Rompuy and Ashton

EU Leaders Name Bloc's First President [Radio Free Europe - 11/20/2009]

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Blogs

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Got it at last! [EU Referendum - 21 hours ago] "The choice of two low-profile leaders means that there are two immediate political winners from the process. The first is the European commission, under its renominated ...
European Union: Now to make it work [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 23 hours ago] Are Herman van Rompuy and Cathy Ashton the best of all available choices as the European Union council president and the high representative on foreign policy respectively? ...
The EU's nice stich-up \| Ilana Bet-El [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009] Lady Ashton is apparently a perfectly personable woman, but she was only chosen because she ticked the right boxesIf someone held the patent for the word "nice" ...
Britain lands key EU foreign policy post [Nick Robinson \| The Reporters - 11/19/2009] So Britain has got one of the top two EU jobs, and arguably the more important one. Cathy Ashton is a warm, likeable natural coalition builder who appealed to ...
The EU's gentlemen's club \| Jon Worth [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11/19/2009] From Tony Blair to Herman van Rompuy, the contenders for top European jobs are overwhelmingly maleRight now in Brussels the heads of the 27 national governments ...

Audio/Video

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EC President: Avoid complacency [Reuters Video: Business - 09/25/2009]

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