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Mr Durão Barroso will become the eleventh president of the European Commission (Photo: European Commission)

Durão Barroso accepts post of Commission President

The Portuguese Prime Minister José Manuel Durão Barroso has accepted the post of Commission President.

Mr Durão Barroso told journalists that he would accept the invitation on Tuesday, hours before setting off for Brussels to confirm his appointment.

"I want, in the first instance to inform the Portuguese people that I will accept the invitation that I was given by European heads of state and government", he said in a declaration to the country.\n \nAccording to the Lusa news age...

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Mr Durão Barroso will become the eleventh president of the European Commission (Photo: European Commission)

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