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
growth debt artificial
Growth based on debt is unsustainable, artificial.
jobs opportunity our-generation
Responding to the challenge of climate change is the ultimate political test for our generation...Our package not only responds to this challenge, but...is an opportunity that should create thousands of new businesses and millions of jobs in Europe.
unions want members
A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union like any state.
committed
I am a very committed European.
government
Governments are not always right.
country war rights
Let us not forget that the European Community started as a project for peace after the terrible Second World War. And today people take for granted the freedom to travel, to study, to work abroad. And the citizens of one country have almost exactly the same rights as another country.
goal important looks
I say to my friends, 'Don't just listen to the vuvuzelas; look at who scores the goals.' And this is the important thing.
together imf unions
By the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF.
taken decision world
Decisions taken by the most democratic institutions in the world are very often wrong.
mean age sovereignty
In the age of globalisation, pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.
climate-action politics climate-change
Climate action is central for the future of our planet.
members states treaties
The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.
stability solidarity
There is no stability without solidarity and no solidarity without stability.