Reuters AlertNet – The newly elected European parliament starts its five-year term on Tuesday in a combative mood which could slow the passage of laws intended to fight Europe’s worst economic crisis in decades. At its first session since an election in June, the assembly will put off for at least two months a vote on reappointing European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, although he is backed by all 27 European Union governments.
EU assembly flexes muscles, fast reforms may be hard
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