Speech: Speech by President Barroso on the June European Council

Text of a speech by José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission, at the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg, on the 2 July 2014.

• Primary Source

Council of the European Union: Press Release, PRES/14/382: Speech by President Herman van Rompuy to the European Parliament following the June 26-27 European Council http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/143540.pdf

ESO: Background information: European Council, Brussels, 26-27 June 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-council-brussels-26-27-june-2014/

ESO: Background information: Secret ballot and backroom deals to elect next EU Parliament chief / Schulz elected EP president again, promises to fight for more powers http://www.europeansources.info/record/secret-ballot-and-backroom-deals-to-elect-next-eu-parliament-chief-schulz-elected-ep-president-again-promises-to-fight-for-more-powers/

ESO: Background information: Towards a new European Parliament [2014 - 2019] http://www.europeansources.info/record/towards-a-new-european-parliament-2014-2019/

---