Tag for 'President Jose Manuel Barroso'
Thursday, July 17th, 2014
Joint statement by the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, and the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, on the crash of the Malaysian airliner in Ukraine PRESS RELEASEEUCO 151PRESSE 410PR PCE 134Brussels, 17 July 2014 We are shocked by the crash of the Malaysian airliner in Ukraine and the tragic [...]
Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
President Barroso met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 4 June 2014 Today, just ahead of the G7 summit in Brussels, President Barroso met with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.In follow-up to the EU-Japan Summit on 7th May, leaders discussed the ongoing negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the fifth round of Strategic Partnership Agreement [...]
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014
Message of congratulations of President Van Rompuy and President Barroso on the election of Mr Petro Poroshenko as President of Ukraine Brussels, 3 June 2014MEMO/14/390 The Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission sent today a congratulatory letter to Petro Poroshenko on the occasion of his election as President of Ukraine:"On behalf of [...]
Monday, June 2nd, 2014
Building growth: Country-specific recommendations 2014 Brussels, 2 June 2014IP/14/623 The European Commission has today adopted a series of economic policy recommendations to individual Member States to strengthen the recovery that began a year ago. The recommendations are based on detailed analyses of each country's situation and provide guidance on how to boost growth, increase competitiveness [...]
Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
Energy security: Commission puts forward comprehensive strategy to strengthen security of supply Brussels, 28 May 2014IP/14/606 The European Commission reacts on the current geopolitical environment and the EU´s import dependence: It advocates a new European Energy Security Strategy. Diversifying external energy supplies, upgrading energy infrastructure, completing the EU internal energy market and saving energy are [...]
Monday, May 26th, 2014
Joint statement by President Van Rompuy and President Barroso on the Presidential elections in Ukraine Brussels, 26 May 2014STATEMENT/14/174 The EU welcomes the holding yesterday of Presidential elections in Ukraine. We look forward to working closely together with the next President in view of ensuring the political and economic stability of Ukraine.We take good note [...]
Sunday, May 25th, 2014
Statement of President Barroso on the outcome of the 2014 European Parliament elections 2014/05/25ブリュッセル The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso has made the following statement on the outcome of the 2014 European Parliament elections:"Citizens across the European Union have exercised their democratic right and made their voice count in the European Parliament [...]
Saturday, May 24th, 2014
President José Manuel Barroso's message after the shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels Brussels, 24 May 2014STATEMENT/14/170 "I am deeply shocked to hear about the violent act which cost three innocent people's lives at the Jewish Museum in the city centre of Brussels this afternoon. In my own name and on behalf of the [...]
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
EU steps up its efforts to improve the health of millions in developing countries Brussels, 20 May 2014IP/14/571 European Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso, has today announced that the EU will provide €25 million per year in the period 2014-2020 to fund vaccines and immunisation programmes worldwide.The new support – more than double that previously [...]
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
Joint statement after the meeting between the European Commission and the Ukrainian Government Brussels, 13 May 2014MEMO/14/346 Members of European Commission and of the Government of Ukraine, headed respectively by President Barroso and Prime Minister Yatseniuk, met today in Brussels.Taking place after the signing on 21 March 2014 of the political chapters of the Association [...]