Jose Manuel Barroso
Jose Manuel 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...
NationalityPortuguese
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 March 1956
CountryPortugal
nicer relations states time
I very often compare relations between states to relations with people. Sometimes we are nicer to those we don't know well, who are not our friends, than we are to our friends, because with our friends we don't need to be nice all the time.
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We need open, competitive, market economies... but at the same time with effective regulation and supervision.
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You have to understand that to have a revolution when you are 18 years old is completely different from normal political leaders who were born in a democracy and will die in a democracy and never to have experienced that change. I have seen that change.
Usually I don't comment on comments of others.
bad tendency
There's a tendency in many politicians to become inward-looking, more protectionist, more nationalistic and more defensive, in the bad sense of the word.
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You see in times of crisis that extremist forces, populist forces, have a better ground to oversimplify things and to manipulate feelings. Feelings of fear.
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The new narrative for Europe should be about the need to have a responsible organisation, the need to be able to defend our interests and promote our values, like human rights.
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Germany is the biggest economy of Europe and we need Germany on board for the economic reforms of Europe, including, of course, the deepening of the internal market, resisting protectionism, and supporting further economic policy coordination.
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The dynamic of globalisation in financial and economic terms, but also in geopolitical terms, confronts Europeans with a stark choice: live together, share a common destiny and count in the world; or face the prospect of disunity and decline.
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The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.
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Smart, sustainable, inclusive growth is the key to job-creation and the future prosperity of Europe.
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Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.
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Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states.
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The euro area must not be treated as an 'opt out' from the European Union.