Barroso claims European economy has bounced back
The ex-president of the European Commission has told a conference in Hong Kong that major structural reforms have put the EU on the path to growth. He also warned of the threat posed by extremist parties.
The former European Commission president José Manuel Barroso has dismissed sceptics of the EU’s economic recovery, saying that growth was now on an upward trajectory.
Speaking at a conference in Hong Kong yesterday, he said that European economic expansion was on course thanks to widespread structural reforms.
However, Barroso warned that the rise of extremist parties would pose a serious challenge to Europe’s economic and political order in the years ahead.
Barroso, who was s…
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