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...more jobs than it eliminates. But with many countries preparing to hold a referendum this year on the new E.U. constitution, politicians fear that any controversial proposals coming out of Brussels could jeopardize a yes vote. French President Jacques Chirac last week phoned European Commission President José Manuel Barroso to chastise him about the "unacceptable" services directive and his continuing public support...
When European commission President José Manuel Barroso declared that the E.U. needs an institute of technology, a group of M.E.P.s piped up with an idea for the perfect spot: their on-off home, the European Parliament complex in Strasbourg. Their motives are both altruistic and self-serving. Since the mid-90s, parliament has shuttled monthly between Brussels and Strasbourg - at a cost of €200 million a year. The Campaign for Parliamentary Reform (CPR) argues that money is wasted. The French disagree. "I've always voted to keep the seat here because it's an important European symbol," says...
...feeling the need for allies and the E.U. feeling its oats as a global player, European leaders have an even simpler question: Is America ready to treat the E.U. as more than an inconvenient obstacle? "It has to be a balanced relationship," European Commission President José Manuel Barroso told the Wall Street Journal . "We need to be an equal partner...
...MANY EXECUTIONS HAVE YOU WITNESSED? Six. The man I visit now on death row in Louisiana, Manuel Ortiz--I believe in his total and absolute innocence. So that would be the seventh, and three have ended up being people I believe were innocent...
...business world has a new idol, and he's called José Manuel Barroso...