Tag Archives: Barroso

Times are tough. Young and old unemployed have difficulties to get a job. Especially the old ones. For the known and rather obvious reasons. But not Barroso. The former European Commission President Jose Manual Barroso got a new job: he is hired by the Goldman Sachs. The job description requires …

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I have a major problem: four days before the municipality elections and eleven days before the European Parliament voting, I am unable to follow the political debates, the statements and announcements or comments of elected and aspiring politicians in mainstream media and websites, in blogs and social media. I mostly …

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Absolutely ridiculous! European Commission President Jose Manual Barroso allegedly appointed Lukas Papademos as Prime Minister of Greece right after the embarrassing meeting during the G20 summit in Cannes, when the EU partners decided to oust George Papandreou and his plan to hold a referendum without their consent. According to a …

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I feel a wonderful peace inside me today. It’s so beautiful, I find it hard to explain or describe it by words. It feels like resting in the arms of the angel, like being touched by the lighthearted flutter of a higher power.  I am about to reach the highest …

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The European Commission is bankrupt. If the European bureaucrats will not be able to find a €2.7 billion injection, the institution will halt its payments by the middle of November. Two days ago, EC president Jose Manuel Barroso made a desperate plea for extra cash to keep the institution afloat, …

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The president of European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso cannot take it anymore. The row egg-bombardment in Italy and Belgium had forced him to waste taxpayers’ money for dry cleaning of two of his tailored-made dark blue suits. The caring president of our Europe freaked out. After thorough contemplation on how …

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An odd and alarming at the same time e-mail puzzled many Greeks on Saturday, when a Greek newspaper posted on its internet site the content of an e-mail allegedly issued by the EU Commission to its staff containing “safety instructions”. The e-mail was apperently forwarded to EU staff due to visit Athens …

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The three musketeers of European Union, the esteemed presidents of EU’s main bodies, the proud winners of Peace Nobel Prize,  Herman van Rompuy (European Council), Jose Barroso (European Commision) and Martin Schulz (European Parliament) have no idea how Greece managed to be accepted in the euro zone even though it had ‘cooked’ …

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The grandeur with the vision of an aspiring Orwellian Big Brother, the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, revealed the plan of the “United States of Europe”: A federation of European member states, with common foreign and defense policy in addition to the ‘successful’ common economic and monetary union, …

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I always knew, the EU officials had no idea about the real life in Europe, the real economic and social situation of EU- citizens and – taxpayers who come up for their expenses. And now this is officially confirmed, through an internal EU-Commission report asking for salary increases hikes and claiming “there …

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The are important dates one has to keep in mind: Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will meet with Euro zone officials and powerful EU leaders to discuss the option of extension to meet fiscal targets. 22. Aug 2012: Euro group head Jean Claude Juncker will visit Athens. 24. Aug 2012: Samaras …

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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is due in Athens on Thursday, July 26th, 2012 for talks with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. It will be Barroso’s first visit to Greece after three years and two bailouts. Last visit of Barroso to Athens was in 2009, when he attended the inauguration of …

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 Top officials from the European union and the Euro Zone revealed their grand vision about the common currency, the EURO. In the European version of the Chinese “Gang of Four*”, van Rumpuy (EC), Barroso (EC), Juncker (EUROGROUP) and Draghi (ECB) called EZ member countries to proceed to tighter fiscal control and to “grant …

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 The four Musketeers, Barroso (EC), van Rompuy (EC), Juncker (Eurogroup)and Draghi (ECB) are reportedly working on a …secret plan to save the euro zone from the crisis. The ambition plan that will be implemented first to EZ member countries foresees among others more EU control over national budgets, a “bank union”,  …

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Why did Jose Manuel Barroso threaten Greece with euro exit right after May 6 elections? Reuters claims that the president of the European Commission made this statement after caretaker prime minister Lucas Papademos asked him to do so – in an effort to build a dam against Alexis Tsipras. According …

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As if it is not enough that Greeks are confronted with the national politicians in non-stop talking from morning till the evening, they will have to hear also the country’s lenders pressure and blackmailing efforts as the latter try to influence the voters’ hands ahead June 17th elections. Barroso Struggling with Healing Silence President …

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Take a look at this development: incapable and corrupt Greek politicians on one side, and harsh austerity without growth perspective enforced by EU and IMF on the other side, could push Greeks to chant “We want default” at the end of the day… Less than 48 hours after the general elections in …

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As the euro crisis hits Europe anew,  governments fail apart  over budget crisis and the German-French axis threatens to collapse, it makes one no wonder, that Brussels feels the ice-cold breath of a possible Greek default on its neck. Especially as the upcoming parliamentary elections are expected to drive the country …

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Outgoing Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos on Wednesday sent a letter to the chief of the European Commission calling for help on a number of key policy areas that could rejuvenate growth and employment in the debt-wracked nation. In his letter to Barroso, the Greek prime minister singles out several …

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Finally the kings and queens of European Union and relevant royal families like the one in Germany woke up. In fact, they were violently rose from their beds with a painful kick landing at their snobbish butts. They came running down the imperial staircase to the living room. Confirmed reports insist,  it …

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