Jose Barroso
Jose Barroso
José Manuel Durão Barrosois a current non-executive chairman at Goldman Sachs International,. Previously he was the 11th President of the European Commissionand the 115th Prime Minister of Portugal...
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Tony Blair has shown great leadership qualities in Britain. I hope he will show now the same leadership qualities in Europe. For that he needs an approach that is inclusive. Dynamic yes. But inclusive.
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There has been a caricature of my commission and of me from the very start.
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This year we celebrate the 30th anniversary of EU-China diplomatic ties, during which relations between the EU and China have continued to expand.
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Turkey must win the hearts and minds of European citizens. They are the ones who at the end of the day will decide about Turkey's membership.
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need to do more to explain the true dimension of what is at stake, and the nature of the solutions which only Europe can bring.
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Everybody has to move because we have to have a fairer agreement.
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It was a great result for the British presidency. What would be the signal to public opinion if we can't agree on a budget?
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Suppliers, consumers and transit countries are all interested in long term, sustained and predictable relations. There is an interest to have predictable rules and long-term commitments.
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We have a really urgent problem with our deficit, especially compared with the United States, in science, research and innovation.
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We should refuse nationalism of an economic kind, especially in the energy sector in Europe.
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We are on the right track in Europe -- trying to build Europe on concrete results.
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We have looked at everything on the table and cleared away what we don't need,
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All of us from President Chirac to the president of China expressed sympathy to Tony Blair and Britain. There is a strong consensus on the need to defend our values.
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Ladies and gentlemen, tonight, the European Union has opened its door to Turkey,