preenchimento obrigatório
10 Fevereiro 2010
Mário David about the election of the new Barroso Commission
The new Barroso Commission for the mandate 2009/2014 was voted yesterday in the European Parliament. The College of the Commissioners was approved by 70 percent of the votes of the Plenary, in Strasbourg. This is an excellent result for this new team and for Jose Manuel Barroso as President. Mário David presented a vote explanation on the Decision Proposal on the appointment of the new Commission. You can watch the video, at the front page of his website (in portuguese) or you can read it here:
“The new Barroso Commission was approved by the European Parliament by a large majority! I obviously also voted for it. And did it in a committed, conscious and trustful way.
And did it because the new College of the Commissioners has an excellent curricula and a vast experience, a bigger political capacity and offers guarantees to face the big challenges of the European Union in a firm way:
From the financial serious crisis that we are living today, to its dramatic social and economic effects, specially unemployment;
Security and the anti/terrorism combat;
The reinforcement of the role of Europe in the world, which means real pro-active European Security and Defense Policy;
The fight against climate changes and the competitiveness of our economy, always defending our social model;
The realistic and ambitious program that Barroso presented and that our Parliament approved will finally be implemented for the benefit of the 500 million European citizens
We wish the President of the European Commission and its team good luck and an excellent mandate in the leadership of this unique Union in the history of Humanity!"
