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Jose Manuel Barroso [1956-0] Portuguese

Rank: 104
Politician, Portuguese Politician

José Manuel Durão Barroso is a Portuguese politician who is the current non-executive chairman at Goldman Sachs International. Previously he was the 11th President of the European Commission and the 115th Prime Minister of Portugal.

Change, Fear, Travel

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You see in times of crisis that extremist forces, populist forces, have a better ground to oversimplify things and to manipulate feelings. Feelings of fear.	Fear	101
There is no stability without solidarity and no solidarity without stability.		102
What people call serendipity sometimes is just having your eyes open.		103
You have to understand that to have a revolution when you are 18 years old is completely different from normal political leaders who were born in a democracy and will die in a democracy and never to have experienced that change. I have seen that change.	Change	104
Growth based on debt is unsustainable, artificial.		105
Norway or Switzerland are two marvelous countries, I very much admire, the most advanced countries in the world in fact with great qualities of life.		106
Smart, sustainable, inclusive growth is the key to job-creation and the future prosperity of Europe.		107
In the age of globalisation, pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.		108
I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the other countries.		109
Decisions taken by the most democratic institutions in the world are very often wrong.		110
I think diversity can also be a resource, an asset, especially in a world that is becoming globalized, to deal with difference, to deal with variety, to deal with complexity.		111
I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution.		112
Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.		113
The dynamic of globalisation in financial and economic terms, but also in geopolitical terms, confronts Europeans with a stark choice: live together, share a common destiny and count in the world; or face the prospect of disunity and decline.		114
My mother wanted me to be a professor, because I have several people in my family who are professors at university.		115
I very often compare relations between states to relations with people. Sometimes we are nicer to those we don't know well, who are not our friends, than we are to our friends, because with our friends we don't need to be nice all the time.		116
I believe that Europe without Britain at the heart will be less reform-driven, less open, less international Europe.		117
There's a tendency in many politicians to become inward-looking, more protectionist, more nationalistic and more defensive, in the bad sense of the word.		118
I say to my friends, 'Don't just listen to the vuvuzelas; look at who scores the goals.' And this is the important thing.		119
A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union like any state.		120
The Eurogroup decisions are always taken unanimously.		121
I don't know why my son was born conservative.		122
We need open, competitive, market economies... but at the same time with effective regulation and supervision.		123
Governments are not always right.		124
For investor confidence, it is important that there is certainty about the future of Ireland in E.U.		125
The euro area must not be treated as an 'opt out' from the European Union.		126
The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.		201
Even when governments take the right steps to reform, these can be negatively impacted by events outside their control.		202
Usually I don't comment on comments of others.		203
The new narrative for Europe should be about the need to have a responsible organisation, the need to be able to defend our interests and promote our values, like human rights.		204
Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states.		205
I am a very committed European.		206
Let us not forget that the European Community started as a project for peace after the terrible Second World War. And today people take for granted the freedom to travel, to study, to work abroad. And the citizens of one country have almost exactly the same rights as another country.	Travel	207
Germany is the biggest economy of Europe and we need Germany on board for the economic reforms of Europe, including, of course, the deepening of the internal market, resisting protectionism, and supporting further economic policy coordination.		208
Financial transaction tax raises problems of competition.		209
By the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF.		210

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