EU: tomorrow, the European Parliament will vote for the investiture of Jose Manuel Barroso, who is trying to win as many votes as possible over

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should invest Jose Manuel Barroso as Chairman of the European Commission. Last week, the applicant to succeed himself was heard by political groups to present his program and try to win over MEPs who are still hostile to his reelection. To the socialist and green delegations, Mr. Barroso announced that he would strengthen workers’ rights if he was reelected and he even mentioned the adoption of the implementing regulation improving the directive on posted workers, but that wasn’t very convinci

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