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French Green leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit has called Mr Barroso a political "chameleon" (Photo: ec.europa)

Barroso urges EU states to appoint new commission president next week

EU leaders meeting for a summit in Brussels next week must appoint a new head of the European Commission and not delay the decision, said the current head of the institution and only candidate for the job, Jose Manuel Barroso.

Mr Barroso, whose mandate expires at the end of October, said EU leaders should take a decision on the next commission president based on the bloc's current treaty, the Nice Treaty.

"It's up to the council [EU member states] and the European parliament to d...

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French Green leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit has called Mr Barroso a political "chameleon" (Photo: ec.europa)

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