Barroso accused of going soft on big EU states

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso has come under fire from his colleagues for making compromises in favour of large EU member states in a bid to secure a second term for himself, according to the Financial Times.

The paper reports that three commissioners usually branded as free-market promoters -Ireland's Charlie McCreevy in charge of internal market, Dutch competition commissioner Neelie Kroes and Britain's trade chief Peter Mandelson - expressed their discontent with ...