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Thu 05 May 2009No point in left opposing Barroso, says Müntefering
BERLIN – The leader of Germany’s Social Democrats says there is little point in Europe’s socialist bloc naming a candidate to try to stop European Commission president José Manuel Barroso winning a second term. Mr Barroso’s five-year mandate expires this year.
Asked if Europe’s centre-left would put up a challenger, Franz Müntefering replied: “What would the point of that be? It would be naive to do that. There are 27 EU countries and 21 of those are led by conservative governments.
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