purplechoe
06-26-2010, 10:43 PM
go to about 4:00 into the video where he mentions the empire part... he calls it "an organization of empires"
Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission - the executive body of the EU - likens the union to an empire.
He made this comment in response to a question: What will the European Union be in the future? Asked at a press conference in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
YouTube - Barroso: European Union is 'empire' (long version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I8M1T-GgRU)
Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission - the executive body of the EU - likens the union to an empire.
He made this comment in response to a question: What will the European Union be in the future? Asked at a press conference in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
YouTube - Barroso: European Union is 'empire' (long version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I8M1T-GgRU)