http://blogs.euobserver.com/gardner/2009/07/10/barroso-gets-nervous/ Stephen Gardner is editor of Euro-correspondent.com, and Brussels freelance environment correspondent for the Bureau of National Affairs (US). He is also a contributor to other media such as the BBC and the UK magazines Ethical Corporation and Private Eye. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:23:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blogs.euobserver.com/gardner/2009/07/10/barroso-gets-nervous/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Leo Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:45:03 +0000 http://blogs.euobserver.com/gardner/?p=18#comment-7 I hope they delay it until he withdraws or goes gets a democratic mandate. Bad enough having an incompetent in charge, but one we can't throw out? I didn't vote in the elections to have my MEP roll over and give this idiot another five years, what has he done to deserve it? Really? What amazing thing has he accomplished that gives him in extraordinary second mandate? And why are the greens the one who can come up with an alternative? Does anyone believe the Council when they say there is no one else able/willing to become President?! I hope they delay it until he withdraws or goes gets a democratic mandate. Bad enough having an incompetent in charge, but one we can’t throw out? I didn’t vote in the elections to have my MEP roll over and give this idiot another five years, what has he done to deserve it? Really? What amazing thing has he accomplished that gives him in extraordinary second mandate? And why are the greens the one who can come up with an alternative? Does anyone believe the Council when they say there is no one else able/willing to become President?!

]]> http://blogs.euobserver.com/gardner/2009/07/10/barroso-gets-nervous/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Freeborn John Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:17:24 +0000 http://blogs.euobserver.com/gardner/?p=18#comment-5 The EU Parliament does not have the democratic legitimacy to interfere in the choice of nation-state governments for EU Commission president. The EU Parliament does not have the democratic legitimacy to interfere in the choice of nation-state governments for EU Commission president.

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