As I was packing my ideas and thoughts to fly to Corfu for a few days holiday, combined with sorting out some family matters, I was thinking that the possibilities of Barroso being re-elected president are starting to fade, if only almost imperceptibly so far. Indeed, despite the European People's Party, which, thanks to the insistence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has fervently endorsed the Barroso nomination, and despite the EPP's great electoral victory in the recent European election, it seems incapable of securing the appointment of its Chosen One. If the EPP could have appointed Barroso for another term, it would have done it in mid-July, at the first plenary of the new European Parliament. The possibilities of Barroso being re-appointed at a later stage are still valid and serious, yet they are less than before. Time works against the President. If his party succeeds in getting a deal with other parliamentary groups, such as the Socialists, before middle of September, Barroso's possibilities are still high, yet still somehow risky. If the matter is further postponed, the risk of a defeat is much higher.
As I was packing my ideas and thoughts to fly to Corfu for a few days holiday, combined with sorting out some family matters, I was thinking that the possibilities of Barroso being re-elected president are starting to fade, if only almost imperceptibly so far. Indeed, despite the European People's Party, which, thanks to the insistence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has fervently endorsed the Barroso nomination, and despite the EPP's great electoral victory in the recent European election, it seems incapable of securing the appointment of its Chosen One. If the EPP could have appointed Barroso for another term, it would have done it in mid-July, at the first plenary of the new European Parliament.
The possibilities of Barroso being re-appointed at a later stage are still valid and serious, yet they are less than before. Time works against the President. If his party succeeds in getting a deal with other parliamentary groups, such as the Socialists, before middle of September, Barroso's possibilities are still high, yet still somehow risky. If the matter is further postponed, the risk of a defeat is much higher.
fire in the belly, but unhysterical.
the only one around who could possibly enunciate a rational program for the future Euro Left?
he certainly has a clue or two... aging seems to suit him, in terms of communication skills, tho' my sense is he prefers punditry to politics, more commentator than activist apparently. maybe he knows europe's not quite yet, and is biding his time and building up credibilty.
any one else here trust his viewpoint, any hidden agendas? ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
