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"On 26 October 2004, Mr Barroso preferred not to submit his College of Commissioners to the vote of the European Parliament. This decision was taken in the wake of our opposition to a number of Commissioners following their hearings. We have today expressed an opinion on the nomination of the Barroso Commission, which is presented to us as the ‘new’ Barroso Commission. I shall not refer again to the previous episodes, of which we are all aware. As coordinator of my group, I participated in Mr Frattini’s hearing on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Mr Frattini is an intelligent, ‘politically correct’ man, but it worries me that the justice portfolio should be given to the minister in Mr Berlusconi’s government who has shown his elastic conception of justice. Mrs Kroes retains the same portfolio, and, sooner or later, conflicts of interest will arise. We have no guarantees of independence and impartiality. Mr Barroso has heard our comments. I should have preferred him to have listened to them. The changes proposed by Mr Barroso are cosmetic. These few modifications do not satisfy me. I stand by my previous votes, and that is why I voted against the nomination of this Commission."@en1

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