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Parliament gave its final approval to the college of commissioners on 9 February last year (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

Barroso-II team rated as 'average or below' in its first year

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has defended his team's performance one year into his second term after a turbulent 12 months dominated by the eurozone debt crisis and the establishment of the EU's new Lisbon Treaty architecture. But a new survey suggests EU insiders are far from impressed with the Barroso-II track record as it currently stands.

Speaking in Brussels on Wednesday evening (9 February), Mr Barroso said the financial and economic crisis had subjected the ...

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Parliament gave its final approval to the college of commissioners on 9 February last year (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

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