The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.
Jose Manuel BarrosoBy the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF.
Jose Manuel BarrosoLet us not forget that the European Community started as a project for peace after the terrible Second World War. And today people take for granted the freedom to travel, to study, to work abroad. And the citizens of one country have almost exactly the same rights as another country.
Jose Manuel Barroso