Nieuws-items bij J.M. (José) Barroso
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22-05Commissievoorzitter Barroso over ontmoeting Europese Raad (en)
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21-05Barroso betuigt medeleven aan slachtoffers tornado Oklahoma (en)
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21-05Speech by President Barroso on the preparations of the European Council of 22 May
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16-05Speech by President Barroso: "An EU strategy for industrial competitiveness"
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15-05Discours du Président Barroso à la conférence internationale des donateurs pour le développement du Mali
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15-05Speech - Déclaration du Président Barroso à la conférence des donateurs "Ensemble pour le renouveau du Mali"
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15-05Speech - Déclaration du Président Barroso pour la visite du Président Hollande
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15-05Speech by President Barroso at opening of the European Emergency Response Centre
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14-05Verklaring van commissievoorzitter Barroso na zijn ontmoeting met de president van Mali (fr)
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09-05Speech by President Barroso at the State of the Union conference: Restoring confidence
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07-05Commissie komt met verbeteringen voor eurozone: 'sommige zullen als science fiction klinken' (en)
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07-05Opening keynote speech at the Conference on the Blueprint for a deep and genuine EMU
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26-04Opening speech by President Barroso at the 6th College-to-College Meeting of the African Union Commission and the European Commission
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25-04Speech by President Barroso at the Global Vaccine Summit
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25-04Videoboodschap van commissievoorzitter Barroso over gebruik voedseloverschotten om armen te voeden (en)
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24-04Verklaring Barroso over bijeenkomst EC met minister-president van Litouwen (en)
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23-04Duitse minister van Buitenlandse zaken Westerwelle berispt Barroso over diens uitspraken aangaande het EU-bezuinigingsbeleid (en)
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23-04Video viEUws.eu: Woordvoerder Barroso over ontmoeting met minister Buitenlandse Zaken VS (en)
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23-04Speech by President Barroso: "A new narrative for Europe"
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23-04Debat over bezuiniging en groei: uitspraken Barroso tijdens Denk Tank Dialoog in Brussel (en)
EUCO 91/12
PRESSE 211
PR PCE 76
Joint Statement by European Council President Van Rompuy and European Commission President Barroso on the election of Tomislav Nikolić as President of the Republic of Serbia
We would like to congratulate Mr. Nikolić on his election as President of Serbia. We also wish to congratulate the people of Serbia on their elections on 6 and 20 May which were competitive and peaceful.
We wish President Nikolić success in addressing the challenges that lie ahead and in responding to the Serbian people's huge expectations on economic growth and wellbeing.
In his new capacity, President Nikolić bears a particular responsibility in ensuring that Serbia has stable and functioning institutions. We are now looking forward to the early resumption of work in parliament and the rapid formation of the new government.
In these elections the Serbian people have given a very clear signal of support to the continued European orientation of government policy. Serbia entered these elections having freshly been granted candidate country status. Its leadership has now received a strong mandate to pursue this policy and move quickly to the next step of its European integration: the start of accession negotiations once the necessary conditions are met.
We strongly encourage President Nikolić to pursue this direction with particular determination in order to achieve the additional progress that would allow the European Commission to recommend the opening of accession negotiations and the European Council to take this decision. This will require a high sense of statesmanship to overcome the more difficult challenges. Serbia will need to continuously demonstrate its adherence to the spirit of cooperation and reconciliation in the region.
It will be essential to see the momentum of reforms continuing in order to confirm that Serbia sufficiently fulfils the political criteria, and makes further progress in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina with a view to a visible and sustainable improvement of relations.
Serbia's European perspective is very concrete and we therefore hope to be able to rely on President Nikolić's personal dedication to achieve this aim.
We look forward to a fruitful cooperation and stand ready to discuss these important issues for Serbia and for Europe with President Nikolić.
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