Quotes by Jose Manuel Barroso

About Jose Manuel Barroso:

José Manuel Durão Barroso is a Portuguese leftist politician who was the 11th President of the European Commission, serving from 2004 to 2014. He served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 6 April 2002 to 17 July 2004.
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In the age of globalisation, pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.

Jose Manuel Barroso

Let 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 t...

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My mother wanted me to be a professor, because I have several people in my family who are professors at university.

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You have to understand that to have a revolution when you are 18 years old is completely different from normal political leaders who were born in a democracy and will die in a democracy and never to have experienced that change. I have seen that chan...

Jose Manuel Barroso

Norway 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 Barroso

You see in times of crisis that extremist forces, populist forces, have a better ground to oversimplify things and to manipulate feelings. Feelings of fear.

Jose Manuel Barroso

For investor confidence, it is important that there is certainty about the future of Ireland in E.U.

Jose Manuel Barroso

Smart, sustainable, inclusive growth is the key to job-creation and the future prosperity of Europe.

Jose Manuel Barroso

I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution.

Jose Manuel Barroso

What people call serendipity sometimes is just having your eyes open.

Jose Manuel Barroso

I 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 Barroso

A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union like any state.

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I don't know why my son was born conservative.

Jose Manuel Barroso

Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.

Jose Manuel Barroso

Governments are not always right.

Jose Manuel Barroso

Decisions taken by the most democratic institutions in the world are very often wrong.

Jose Manuel Barroso

The dynamic of globalisation in financial and economic terms, but also in geopolitical terms, confronts Europeans with a stark choice: live together, share a common destiny and count in the world; or face the prospect of disunity and decline.

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The euro area must not be treated as an 'opt out' from the European Union.

Jose Manuel Barroso

Growth based on debt is unsustainable, artificial.

Jose Manuel Barroso

Even when governments take the right steps to reform, these can be negatively impacted by events outside their control.

Jose Manuel Barroso

Author Bio

  • NameJose Manuel Barroso
  • Description12th and 13th President of the European Commission
  • AliasesJosé Barroso; Barroso; José Manuel Durão Barroso
  • BornMarch 23, 1956
  • CountryPortugal
  • ProfessionPolitician
  • AwardsRobert Schuman Medal; Steiger Award