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National Governments Can't Be Trusted: Barroso Calls for More Power for EU Institutions (Der Spiegel, 9/30/11)

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has said in an interview that the EU's institutions need to be strengthened to stabilize the euro zone, arguing that national governments can't be trusted to take determined action. [...]

He said that setting rules for a stable euro zone could not only be left to the member states. "That will never work," he said, explaining that national governments "always try to negotiate."

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