UTRECHT – European ideals came to an abrupt halt this year as the financial crisis overshadowed most of the five major challenges of Barroso’s 2010 State of the Union address. Repeatedly blaming the lack of a common European voice for the union’s sluggish response to the crisis, a more serious Barroso addressed the union...
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State of the Union: In his state of the Union speech Commission President, José Manuel Barroso advocated for the implementation of a tax on financial transactions in the EU, the so called Tobin Tax. The European Central Bank, however, is sceptical towards the idea. By: Sajeev Shankar and Peter Sharples Two weeks ago,...
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By Agatha Akhabue & Enora Régnier The 28th of September, the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, made his annual speech about the state of the Union and solutions he proposed to end the crisis. A discourse that didn’t really empassion Europeans, who often missed it entirely. Barroso? Who’s that guy?...
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