European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso will assess the political and economic health of the EU next week as the 28-member bloc shows slow, but fragile, signs of recovery from its crisis.
In his fourth "State of the Union" speech, on Wednesday (11 September), Barroso is to look at the steps the EU has taken to overcome the economic crunch, which include a major consolidation of budgetary surveillance power in the hands of the commission.
He will also look ahead to contro...
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