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"Mr President, Mr Barroso, your forename is Manuel, which is pronounced Manolis or Manolios in Greek. The new Commission reminds me therefore of the Greek proverb, 'Manolios changed and wore his hat the other way round'.
You are proposing that Mr Frattini, Mr Berlusconi's right-hand man, who gave him judicial asylum, take the place of the indescribable Mr Buttiglione on the sensitive portfolio of justice. At the same time, you are keeping the Dutchwoman, Mrs Kroes on the portfolio of competition, despite the fact that her professional career shows that she is totally unsuitable.
The new Commission which you are proposing to us is very neo-liberal, quite a lot further to the right than that recommended by the European Parliament. For months you have been advertising yourself as independent. However, it is a one-eyed, selective independence. Once in a while you say 'no' to the governments of France and Germany, but you always say 'yes' to the governments of Italy and Holland which, like you, say 'yes' to Mr Bush, as you did in the Azores.
I am really sorry but, if we are to come to an understanding, that is not at all 'politically correct', Mr Barroso."@en1
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