Even when governments take the right steps to reform, these can be negatively impacted by events outside their control.
Jose Manuel BarrosoNorway or Switzerland are two marvelous countries, I very much admire, the most advanced countries in the world in fact with great qualities of life.
Jose Manuel BarrosoI say to my friends, 'Don't just listen to the vuvuzelas; look at who scores the goals.' And this is the important thing.
Jose Manuel BarrosoIf we say leaders are incompetent, we are going to fuel extremist, populist, xenophobic and ultra-nationalist parties.
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