Brown and Barroso outline EU agenda

The UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, met José Manuel Barroso, the President of the European Commission, at 10 Downing Street, London, on 5 June 2008. They spoke about the current economic difficulties faced by rising energy bills and the rising cost of food and how these difficulties need to be challenged at both a domestic and international level. As a result the Prime Minister and President Barroso agreed that these important issues should be a key priority of the forthcoming European Council. Please click on the Source Url to read the transcript of their joint press statement.

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