José Manuel Barroso

Europe News

Russia 'first to be interested' in having EU in peace talks - Barroso

The former president of the European Commission tells Euronews the EU's wide-ranging sanctions on Moscow inevitably ties the the bloc to any negotiations on a peace settlement.

21/03/2025

Europe Today

What really happened at EU Summit - Watch Euronews' special show

Former Commission President José Manuel Barroso chews over the details of the EU Summit during Friday's edition of Europe Today, Euronews summit special.

21/03/2025

Europe News

Germany's Merz ‘resolute and determined,' former EU chief Barroso says

Merz’s centre-right CDU emerged as the largest party in Sunday’s federal elections, winning 208 seats in the 630-seat German parliament.

25/02/2025

The Europe Conversation

Former EU Commission president says Putin told him of his intentions

Former EU Commission José Manuel Barroso said Putin told him he didn't want Ukraine to exist as an independent state. He said he told him his goals during the twenty five meetings he had with him during his tenure.

21/11/2024

Europe News

Barroso calls for Ukraine support, but 'nobody believes it will get back Crimea'

In an exclusive interview with Euronews, José Manuel Durão Barroso recalls how EU leaders struggled to come up with a common response to Russia's invasion of Crimea and what Vladimir Putin told him in private.

13/11/2024

Europe News

'Listen to the people', José Manuel Barroso urges EPP as EU vote looms

In the run-up to the EU elections, former European Commission President José Manuel Barroso gave Euronews his thoughts on the green transition and the need to be competitive when it comes to technology.

07/03/2024

Ukraine

Putin's objection not NATO but 'a more European Ukraine' — Barroso

Former Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso told Euronews that the EU should fully support Ukraine's aspiration to join the bloc when it is ready.

28/02/2022

World

Barroso: it would be 'absurd' if there is no EU-UK Brexit Deal

Former European Commission President speaks to Euronews Political Editor Darren McCaffrey about what the election of Joe Biden means for US-EU relations as well as Brexit, plus the EU's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

12/11/2020

United Kingdom

EU can still compromise over Brexit, ex-Commission president says

"Legal creativity and imagination" can still avoid a hard Brexit, says Jose Barroso

19/02/2019

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: Romania's new PM in Brussels, Syrian opposition calls for more EU action

20/02/2018

Europe News

Former EU chief Barroso in new lobbying row

Campaigners raise concerns about meeting of Goldman Sachs' Jose Manuel Barroso, a former European Commission President, with an EU official in Brussels.

20/02/2018

Europe News

Transparency watchdog tells EU to get tough on lobbying

The European Parliament must bar departing members from moving directly to lobbying former colleagues, Transparency International said on Tuesday after finding dozens of ex-MEPs had taken jobs with…

31/01/2017

Europe News

Barroso cleared by EU ethics probe over Goldman Sachs job

A European Commission ethics panel has cleared former president Jose Manuel Barroso after he accepted a job with Goldman Sachs.

31/10/2016

Europe News

Barroso's commission: where are they now?

A third of Jose Barroso’s European Commission colleagues have taken up high level roles in the business sector since leaving public office.

14/10/2016

Europe News

Barroso 'Goldman Sachs' petition handed to EU officials

A petition started by EU employees against former European Commission President José Manuel Barroso with more than 150,000 signatures has been handed to officials in…

12/10/2016

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Barroso faces EU petition

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

11/10/2016