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Jose Manuel Barroso

Jose Manuel Barroso is a Portuguese politician. He was President of the European Commission for ten years from 2002.

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A file picture dated 21 October 2014 shows then European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso delivers his last speech as President at the European Parliament in Strasbourg +++ (C) picture-alliance/dpa/P. Seeger

EU to probe Barroso's new job at Goldman Sachs

The EU is investigating whether its former chief's new job at US banker Goldman Sachs meets ethical standards.
September 12, 2016
EU - Amtsübergabe Jose Manuel Barroso und Jean-Claude Juncker

EU investigates Barroso over Goldman Sachs job

EU officials have said they will ask the former European Commission head to give details of his contract with the firm.
September 12, 2016
Jose Manuel Barroso Pressekonferenz in Brüssel 02.06.2014

Outcry over Barroso move to Goldman Sachs

Former EU Commission head Barroso's move to Goldman Sachs has set off protests over "revolving door" recruitment.
July 9, 2016
EU - Amtsübergabe Jose Manuel Barroso und Jean-Claude Juncker

'Last chance' Commission takes office

Jean-Claude Juncker has officially taken office as the new president of the European Commission. He has pledged to make fixing the economy and creating jobs the top priorities of his team of commissioners.
November 1, 2014
EU - Amtsübergabe Jose Manuel Barroso und Jean-Claude Juncker

New European Commission takes office

The new European Commission has taken office under its new president, Jean-Claude Juncker. The former Luxembourg prime minister is supported by seven vice presidents and 20 commissioners.
November 1, 2014
Juncker im Europaparlament 22.10.2014 PK nach der Abstimmung

'Last chance Commission'

Jean-Claude Juncker's new EU Commission needs to be different, says DW's Christoph Hasselbach.
November 1, 2014
Italien Gipfel UkraineTreffen Angela Merkel und Matteo Renzi in Mailand

Italy rebuffs EU budget query

Italian Premier Renzi has threatened to spotlight the costs of running Brussels institutions as EU leaders turn to debating budgetary plans for 2015 on day two of their summit. Italy and France are pushing for leeway.
October 24, 2014
Jean-Claude Juncker

Huge task ahead for Juncker

The commissioners are ready and the new president of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker can get to work. The biggest task lying ahead is the economy, says Bernd Riegert. But don't hold out for miracles.
October 22, 2014
Chatham House Rede EU Präsident Barroso

A stern finger wag for Britain

EU chief Barroso tells the UK it would be a "historic mistake" if it left the union.
October 20, 2014
Deutschland Ukraine Präsidentschaftskandidat Petro Poroschenko in Berlin

'Point of no return' nears

The European Union appears set to step up sanctions on Russia over the situation in eastern Ukraine. Not only the country's president has warned that Ukraine is "close to the point of no return."
August 31, 2014
epa04375043 President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko (L) is welcomed by EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) prior to a meeting at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 30 August 2014. . EPA/JULIEN WARNAND

Calls for Russia sanctions

The calls for sanctions to be toughened on Russia over its actions in Ukraine are growing in intensity. But European Union leaders say they are looking for a political deal to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.
August 30, 2014
Ostukraine Krise Donezk 10.08.2014

Donetsk showdown 'imminent'

The Kyiv government, whose forces ring eastern Ukraine's cities of Donetsk and Luhansk, has urged remaining civilians to flee both via "corridors." Russia says it has a deal to deliver aid despite NATO and EU objections.
August 11, 2014
EU Parlamentswahl 25.05.2014 Juncker

EU leaders to approve Juncker

European Union leaders appear set to approve Jean-Claude Juncker as the European Commission's next president. The leaders of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova are also to sign deals deepening their ties with the bloc.
June 27, 2014
G7 summit and flags

Struggle for unity

G7 leaders meeting in Brussels want to present a united front to Russia, but it's not easy.
June 5, 2014
Frankreich Präsident Francois Hollande 26.05.2014

EU assesses voter rebuff

EU leaders converge on Brussels shortly to assess the weekend's electoral jolt delivered by euroskeptic and far-right parties. France's President Francois Hollande has called for a reduced EU role.
May 27, 2014
Jose Manuel Barroso and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Brussels

Focus on funds

While the search for a diplomatic solution continues, the EU is providing financial aid to Ukraine.
May 14, 2014
Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Prag 10.04.2014

New NATO warning to Russia

NATO has told Russia to "stop massing" its troops on Ukraine's border and open a "genuine dialogue." Kyiv meanwhile has offered amnesties to pro-Russian occupiers of buildings in eastern Ukraine.
April 10, 2014
Ukraine Unruhen in Donezk 09.04.2014

Eastern Ukraine still tense

Kyiv has offered amnesties to pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. G7 finance ministers, meanwhile, are set to focus on Ukraine at talks in Washington amid claims by NATO that Russia is fomenting secession.
April 10, 2014
A symbolic picture of the Scottish flag above Edinburgh for the yes campaign for independence for Scotland

Rocky road to independence

Scottish nationalists are discovering the road to independence may not be so smooth.
April 8, 2014
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (R) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) welcome China's President Xi Jinping at the European Council in Brussels March 31, 2014. Xi, as the first Chinese leader to visit the European Union's headquarters since Brussels established ties with Beijing four decades ago, will seek to send a message that China is a less confrontational partner, ready to resolve trade disputes. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Landmark China-EU talks

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has visited European Union headquarters in Brussels. The visit has been hailed as a "historic" moment in China-EU ties.
March 31, 2014
Obama in Brüssel 26.03.2014 USA EU Gipfel

Crimea focus of US-EU summit

President Barack Obama has highlighted the unity of the US and EU on the crisis in Crimea during a meeting in Brussels. He discussed potential sanctions against Russia and Europe's reliance on foreign energy.
March 26, 2014
Directions in Europe

Rebuilding solidarity

Those behind the initiative "New Narrative for Europe" hope to achieve greater European unity.
March 4, 2014
Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta (Photo: Reuters)

EU reacts to Italy

EU officials are trying to hide their concern about the new Italian political crisis.
February 14, 2014
Poster depicting Yanukovych

Stick and carrot for Ukraine

Germany has raised the possibility of sanctions on Ukraine if it refuses to negotiate a solution to the current crisis. As a result, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has summoned the German ambassador to Kyiv.
February 4, 2014
A major protest in Kyiv, on Februay 2, 2014, with flags - including EU flags - prominently visible. (Photo via dpa)

West mulls Ukraine aid

European Union sources have said the bloc, along with the US and the IMF, is considering a financial aid package for Ukraine. Such a deal would, however, be tied to a solution to the political unrest in Kyiv.
February 3, 2014
Martin Schulz

EU's Schulz aims high

Germany's center-left Social Democrats have confirmed the European Parliament's current president Martin Schulz as their top German candidate for the 28-nation bloc's election in May. He's also bidding for higher office.
January 26, 2014
Wind power Neurath (Photo: Oliver Berg)

EU weakens on climate?

Germany and other nations criticize the EU's plans to drop binding targets for renewable energies.
January 17, 2014
EU Commission President Barroso and Greek President Samaras

Greece assumes EU presidency

Bailout recipient Greece has ceremonially assumed the European Union's six-month presidency amid praise for its reform efforts from visiting senior EU officials. They visited Athens during a widespread ban on protest.
January 9, 2014
Ukraine Proteste 09.12.2013

Heightened tensions in Kyiv

Authorities have deployed riot police outside of Kyiv's city hall as protesters refuse to step down. Meanwhile, President Yanukovych has said he will pursue a "national roundtable" to end anti-government rallies.
December 9, 2013
epa03965843 (L-R) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President of the Republic of Liberia, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Mahamadou Issoufou President of Niger and Jose Maria Pereira Neves the Prime Minister of the Republic of Cape Verde attends European Development Day forum in Brussels, Belgium, 26 November 2013. Organised by the European Commission, European Development Days is EuropeÕs premier forum on international affairs and development cooperation (photo: EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET)

World without poverty?

What are development goals going to be after the aim of halving poverty by 2015 has largely failed?
November 27, 2013
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych speaks during a press conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday,March, 1, 2013. Yanukovych has hinted that he may free from prison an opposition leader Yuri Lutsenko. (Photo via AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Yanukovych slams EU

Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych, who last week shelved plans to sign a pact with the EU, says he will however attend an EU summit on Thursday. Thousands of pro-EU advocates have rallied again in Kyiv.
November 26, 2013
Containers shining in the sun Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa

German exports under fire

Germany's competitiveness worries fellow Europeans. The European Commission is to investigate.
November 15, 2013
Young Spaniard at a workbench

EU wants more jobs for youths

At a follow-up conference in Paris, top EU policy makers have renewed their pledge to bring down youth unemployment considerably in the bloc. Right now, one in four people under 25 is without work.
November 12, 2013
Jose Manuel Barroso and Mikheil Saakaschvili in Brussels (Photo: REUTERS/Francois Lenoir)

Georgia warned on rule of law

The EU has cautioned Georgia against applying selective justice during a visit to Brussels by President Mikheil Saakashvili. Speculation has arisen that Tbilisi may bring charges against the leader when he leaves office.
October 29, 2013
Italian boat "San Giorgio" is seen at the port of Los Cristianos (Photo: DESIREE MARTIN/AFP/Getty Images)

EU to boost migrant rescue team

EU leaders in Brussels have pledged to act to stop deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. But while there was agreement to strengthen search and rescue operations, bloc-wide immigration reform will have to wait.
October 25, 2013
Immigrant minors peer out through the fence of an immigrant detention center in the village of Filakio, on the Greek-Turkish border, upon the arrival there of the Frontex Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABITs) and EU officials on November 5, 2010. (Photo: SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Stemming the flow

Is money what it takes to solve the crisis of migration to Europe?
October 11, 2013
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) and Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta during a joint news conference in Lampedusa, Italy, 09 October 2013. A top-level European Union delegation visiting the southern Italian island of Lampedusa to commemorate the victims of last week's migrant shipwreck faced a hostile reception from residents. According to a provisional death toll, 289 people died in the 03 October accident. There were 155 survivors, but scuba divers were still searching for dozens of victims on the sunken wreck, which is lying at a depth of almost 50 meters. Dozens of people heckled European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and other EU representatives as they visited the airport hangar where the dead have been piled up. EPA/CORRADO LANNINO

Time for change

After Lampedusa, the European Commission is looking for new ways to deal with the refugee crisis.
October 9, 2013
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (C) arrives in Lampedusa (Photo: EPA/FRANCO LANNINO)

Lambasted in Lampedusa

A top EU delegation has had a hostile reception on its visit to the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa. The group were harrangued over the deaths of migrants, including almost 300 killed in a shipwreck least week.
October 9, 2013
European home affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem holds a press conference on 'Tackling human trafficking', at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 31 May 2013. EPA/JULIEN WARNAND

EU ponders Lampedusa response

The EU has suggested more search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean to deal with incoming asylum seekers, as divers continue to pull bodies from a sunken trawler carrying around 500 people.
October 9, 2013
A young man in Spain seen from behind carrying a plastic bag Poto: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa /

Austerity's social scorecard

A statistic proposed by the EU Commission hints at a shift in the EU's euro crisis strategy.
October 3, 2013
Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta (C), flanked by Interior Minister Angelino Alfano (R) and Democratic Party (PD) member Dario Franceschini, gestures after asking for a possible call for a confidence vote immediately at the Lower house of the parliament in Rome, October 2, 2013. REUTERS/Remo Casilli (ITALY - Tags: POLITICS)

Letta rebuffs Berlusconi

Two confidence votes won by Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta have drawn praise from President Giorgio Napolitano for "standing the test." The European Commission says Italy's votes are "vital" for the EU as a whole.
October 3, 2013
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Digital lag worries EU's Barroso

The head of the EU executive has accused the bloc's member states of doing too little to keep pace with their overseas rivals in digital services and telecommunications. Jose Barroso said EU investment was insufficient.
September 30, 2013
Two hands holding mobile phones aloft (Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa)

EU telecoms reforms

Brussels unveils wide-ranging reforms towards an "open" internet and the end to roaming fees.
September 11, 2013
Aug. 17, 2013 - Cairo, Egypt - Egyptians security forces escort an Islamist supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood out of the al-Fatah mosque through angry crowds, in downtown Cairo, Egypt, on August 17, 2013...Photo: Mohamed Mahmoud/NurPhoto

EU in emergency talks on Egypt

EU diplomats have been called back from their summer break for emergency talks on the crisis in Egypt. This comes amid reports of more violence in the country, with more than 20 policemen reportedly killed in an ambush.
August 19, 2013
A media crew is seen next to riot police during clashes with members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, around Cairo University and Nahdet Misr Square, where they are camping in Giza, south of Cairo August 14, 2013. Egyptian security forces killed at least 30 people on Wednesday when they cleared a camp of Cairo protesters who were demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Mursi, his Muslim Brotherhood movement said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

EU to review Egypt ties

The European Union has said it will review its relations with Egypt following the violence that has hit the country over the past few days. The 28-member bloc has also called for an immediate end to the bloodshed.
August 18, 2013
Bolivian presidential plane taxis to the runway before leaving the Vienna International Airport in Schwechat (Photo: REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader)

EU, US to talk trade, spying

EU states have agreed to hold trade talks with the US, parallel with surveillance discussions. Bolivia's president left Vienna after his plane was diverted over rumors US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden was aboard.
July 3, 2013
Passanten werfen am 09.06.2013 in Palma de Mallorca auf der Mittelmeerinsel Mallorca (Spanien) lange Schatten. Spanien gehört zu den Ländern Europas mit der höchsten Armutsgefährdung und den größten Einkommensunterschieden, wie das Statistische Bundesamt ermittelte. Foto: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

Tackling youth unemployment

At the invitation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, EU leaders are gathering in Berlin to discuss ways to combat youth unemployment. However, critics say the proposed budget is far too small to make a real difference.
July 3, 2013
A general view of the headquarters of the National Security Administration (NSA) in Fort Meade, Maryland, USA (photo: EPA/JIM LO SCALZO dpa)

EU shocked about alleged surveillance

Washington is under increasing pressure following reports about US bugging devices in EU buildings.
July 2, 2013
The sun rises behind the oil derricks on the Caspian Sea near Baku, Azerbaijan, Friday 07 October 2005. More than 1,500 floatable oil derricks extract oil from Caspian's seabed in Azerbaijan. In 2005 Azerbaijan extracted 19,5 million tons of oil. Foto: SERGEI ILNITSKY +++(c) dpa - Report+++

Barroso on gas EU deliveries

The European Commission has announced that it is unworried about the Nabucco pipeline project not being chosen to deliver gas to the bloc. Brussels argued the rival TAP consortium would serve the purpose just as well.
June 28, 2013
People wait in a queue to enter a government-run employment office in Madrid April 25, 2013. Spain's unemployment rate rose to a new record of 27.2 percent in the first quarter of this year, with 6.2 million people out of work, data from the National Statistics Institute showed on Thursday. REUTERS/Sergio Perez (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

EU summit

Top European politicians debate how to cope with the social consequences of the economic crisis.
June 28, 2013