Parliament set to delay Barroso vote

EurActiv reports that the European Parliament would not hold a vote on José Manuel Barroso's re-appointment as European Commission President at its July 2009 plenary after it emerged on the 1 July 2009 that the liberals and socialists had agreed to wait until the second Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty in the autumn of 2009.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Barroso faces crisis in bid for new term http://www.europeansources.info/record/barroso-faces-crisis-in-bid-for-new-term/

EurActiv, 2.7.09: Barroso faces crisis in bid for new term http://www.euractiv.com/en/future-eu/parliament-set-delay-barroso-vote/article-183697

EurActiv, 6.7.09: EU leaders avoid top jobs fight with Parliament http://www.euractiv.com/en/future-eu/eu-leaders-avoid-top-jobs-fight-parliament/article-183813

BBC News, 7.7.09: MEPs postpone vote on Barroso bid http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8137737.stm

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