European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso has played down criticism from socialist MEPs who said multilingualism is not a good enough portfolio for the new Romanian commissioner.
"Translation is the language of Europe," the commission chief told journalists in Strasbourg on Tuesday (14 November), quoting Italian linguist and author Umberto Eco.
His comment came as a reaction to an earlier statement by the leader of the socialist group in the European Parliament - Martin S...
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