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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 11/21/2009 - 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 - 11/21/2009]

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

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 5 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 11/20/2009 - 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 23 hours ago - Updated 53 mins ago - 2 Documents

EU’s new top team: politicking triumphs over ambition

BRUSSELS: Europe’s hopes of translating its economic power into global political clout have suffered a severe setback as a result of the timid choices on new leadership made this week, analysts, officials and diplomats conceded.Others countered, however, ... [DAWN Group - 53 mins ago]

Entities: European Union, Mark Leonard, Foreign Policy, Brussels

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 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 11/21/2009 - Updated 23 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 - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Bulgaria, Sofia, Boyko Borisov

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

European Union

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 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

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 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Putin says Ukraine gas deals ensure supplies

Last winter, millions of EU citizens were left in the cold because of a gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine (see EurActiv LinksDossier). Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine - a route that supplies a fifth of Europe's gas - were halted for more ... [EurActiv.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Ukraine, Potential Energy, Khabarovsk, Russia, Early Warning

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Labour peer made Euro foreign minister

politics.co.uk staffBaroness Ashton, a Labour peer and EU trade commissioner, has been made European Union high representative for foreign affairs and security.European leaders agreed unanimously for the a centre-left figure to take the role after giving ... [Politics.co.uk - 11/20/2009]

Entities: The Labour Party (United Kingdom), Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Brussels, Herman van Rompuy, European Union

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 Documents

U.S. now knows who to place calls to in Europe

BRUSSELS -- Now that the European Union has a new president and foreign policy supremo, the U.S. State Department might finally learn exactly who to call when Hillary Clinton wants to talk to Europe.“I'm waiting anxiously for the first call,” the EU's ... [China Post - 19 hours ago]

Entities: European Union, Henry Kissinger, José Manuel Barroso

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 Documents

Europe elects Herman Van What? and Baroness Who?

So the decision as to who should be the EU's first President and its High Representative was apparently taken over a dinner of wild mushrooms, spiced sea bass and chocolate fondant. If only the result had been half as tasty.Instead we have the sort of ... [First Post - 22 hours ago]

Entities: European Union, YouGov, Belgium, Peter Kellner

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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His Majesty receives credentials of ambassadors... [Times of Oman - 4 hours ago]
EU leaders face flak over Rompuy, Ashton choices [Gulf Times - 11 hours ago]
Behind the closed doors of Brussels [Spectator - 12 hours ago]
EU Low Representatives? [Cafebabel - 12 hours ago]
Britain gets EU's foreign policy job [Oman Tribune - 15 hours ago]
U.S. now knows who to place calls to in Europe [China Post - 19 hours ago]
Russia hopes for cooperation with new EU leaders [People's Daily Online - 21 hours ago]
Russia hopes for cooperation with new EU leader... [People's Daily Online - 22 hours ago]
Europe elects Herman Van What? and Baroness Who? [First Post - 22 hours ago]
EC Sues Bulgaria over Poor Waste Disposal [Sofia News Agency - 23 hours ago]
Bulgaria Faces Brussels Wrath over Garbage Prob... [Sofia News Agency - 11/21/2009]
Fair Trade [Electrical Construction And Maintenance - 11/21/2009]
World greets new EU President [The Independent - 11/21/2009]
Unlike Lord Mandelson, Baroness Ashton 'doesnt ... [Times Online - 11/21/2009]
Andrew Grice: Blair beaten, but a coup for Brow... [The Independent - 11/21/2009]
Denis MacShane: At last Britain wins a Euro-title [The Independent - 11/21/2009]
Herman who? The world greets new EU President [The Independent - 11/21/2009]
European Union: Now to make it work [Guardian.co.uk - 11/21/2009]
A woman is often the best man for the job [European Commission - 11/21/2009]
No yachts or oligarchs for Baroness Ashton [Times Online - 11/20/2009]
Brown 'went for second best to spite Tories' [Times Online - 11/20/2009]
'Europe has shown it wants to be a supersize Sw... [Guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009]
Europe names Belgian PM as first President [Livemint.com - 11/20/2009]
The EU's nice stich-up [Guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009]
Simply the best: EU Empress Cathy the Great [Telegraph - 11/20/2009]
The first 'president of Europe' [CNN - 11/20/2009]

Blogs

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Got it at last! [EU Referendum - 23 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 - 11/21/2009] 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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