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José Manuel BarrosoEuropean lawmakers want to see Jose Manuel Barroso grilled over a scandal involving funds to his Social Democratic Party in Portugal "These findings cannot be dismissed as an internal problem. [They] test Barroso's integrity and independence", a Belgian green MEP Bart Staes told the Financial Times in response to the scandal. Doubts centre around the payment made by construction and engineering company Somague, to the Social democratic Party (PSD) at the time when Mr Barroso led the party. The commission president's spokesperson declined to comment on the case, underlining that "this is a national issue". She added, however, Mr Barroso was ready to answer any questions the Portuguese authorities and MEPs might raise. EU skall få en "president" med uppgift att leda EU:s toppmöten och formellt företräda EU utåt. At Tuesday's press conference in Strasbourg, the Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso was asked what the European Union would be after the new reform treaty has been negotiated and agreed. Egentligen borde jag vara djupt oroad över att få mina förutfattade meningar bekräftade. Jag vet ju att de brukar vila på bräcklig grund, mer på intuition än på genuin kunskap. I synnerhet blir jag bekymrad om jag får bekräftelser från personer med bättre insikter än vad jag själv besitter. Barroso has warned both Poland and the UK not to block attempts to agree a new treaty for the European Union. Solidarity began in September 1980 at the Lenin Shipyards Anf. 394 BJÖRN VON DER ESCH (kd): |