Barroso avoids addressing the EU's problems

The conservative daily Magyar Nemzet criticises a letter from EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso to the Members of the European Parliament in which he seeks to justify his renomination: "[In the letter] Barroso sketches his idea of the future of the EU. ... Among Hungarian observers the document awakens memories of communist times, when innumerable five-year plans promised the moon. ... What we can gather from Barroso's sweet-sounding but nebulous formulations is basically the dismantling of the social state in Europe. ... In addition Barroso avoids addressing the economic problems of many EU countries. The history of actually existing socialism teaches us however that those systems which ignore their obvious problems - and which are consequently not in a position to renew themselves - sooner or later collapse. Does such a fate await the EU? In a few years we will know the answer."

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