Barroso seeks bigger role for EU institutions

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Series Details 29.9.11
Publication Date 29/09/2011
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In his State of the Union 2011 speech given at the European Parliament, Strasbourg, 28 September 2011 José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President, appealed for a bigger role for the European Union’s central institutions in tackling the eurozone’s sovereign debt crisis, arguing that national governments were unable to negotiate a solution on their own.

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Spiegel Online International, 30.9.11: Barroso Calls for More Power for EU Institutions http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,789300,00.html
ESO: Background information: Barroso backs transactions tax http://www.europeansources.info/record/barroso-backs-transactions-tax/
European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/11/607: José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission European renewal – State of the Union Address 2011 European Parliament Strasbourg, 28 September 2011 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/607&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
EUObserver, 28.9.11: Barroso attacks member states, US, banks http://euobserver.com/19/113760
ESO: Background information: Only a finance minister and full fiscal union will do http://www.europeansources.info/record/only-a-finance-minister-and-full-fiscal-union-will-do/
ESO: Background information: Federal Union Now http://www.europeansources.info/record/federal-union-now/
Blog: Behind the Scenes (EUObserver), 28.9.11: Challenging member states http://blogs.euobserver.com/mahony/2011/09/28/challenging-member-states/
La Tribune, 3.10.11: Everything is possible, even a burst of energy (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu//en/content/article/1017241-everything-possible-even-burst-energy

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