Former Portuguese Prime Minister José Manuel Durão Barroso will face the first round of questioning by MEPs today as he seeks to convince them that he is the right man for Europe's top job.
Nominated to be European Commission President by EU leaders last month, Mr Barroso shot from relative obscurity as Portuguese leader into the Brussels limelight.
Today, however, his nomination has come to the crunch as MEPs flex their political muscles and test his credentials.
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