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José Manuel Barroso is Mr. Europa |
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:: English, :: deutsch, :: polski, :: Русский
The question of the day for me was: which kind of person is Mr. Barroso?
And I think: your team can say as much about you as your friends, because working for a while with someone shows how similar you are and what kind of person you are.
And I was a little bit shocked. Positively.
Everyone already heard the name „Barroso“, but not everyone associates it with a position. I have sometimes heard questions such as: he's from the EU, but what does he do? Who is he really? I answer it this way: Mr. Barroso is the President of European Commission. I don't know what he particularly does, but on Friday he will be honoured with an academic title of dr. h. c. And I think, it's good thing.
After the EU- enlargement, Chemnitz became a central European location (if you look geographically) and here you can study Europe, because of the historical and political developments in the past, Chemnitz seems to be this European place, which could show the connections between East and West like between the Old Europe and the New World. It was the idea of rector of the TU Chemnitz to underline this statement.
So, there were many important guest there, from the European Commission (f. e. Mr. Matthias Petschke), from the University of Lisbon (Mr. Prof. Viriato Soromenho-Marques), members of the Saxon Landtag, members of Ministry of Education and Art of Saxony, ambassadors, President of the City of Chemnitz – Mrs. Barabara Ludwig, and many other important guests from the business and political side, as well as students, professors and friends of Europe.
Of course there was Mr. Barroso’s team and those people are really nice and helpful. I have to use this opportunity to thank them one more time for their support and for their nice and open-minded attitude. They were all tired because of travel and taking part in the Prague summit, but there were still in a good mood and open for dialog. And after the great ceremony I can admit that Mr. Barroso is just like his team (or his team is just like he is): open-minded and discussion-friendly.
The speeches of the day were all good; there was much about Europe and communication. There were many important things (like “go voting!” or “cooperation with new EU-members”), but I missed the daily routine aspect of these speeches (I don't mind here “go voting!” expression) until Mr. Barroso started to talk. He didn't just read everything of a piece of paper, I had a real impression that he is just explaining what he's thinking about and what he really believes. It was partially about the identity of a person and shared values, about openness to a world and openness to diversity. It was about European identity which is understood differently in the EU and abroad (like in Asia). And I thought then about our project and the main subject “I am a European and I am proud of it”. There were already many statements from average people about it which expressed the same thoughts I found in the speech of Mr. Barroso. That was great. Big policy isn't always as far away from our average life as you might think. It was about taking responsibility for populism and taking responsibility for our acts, about communication and about continuing on a path to a better, common world, by knowing each other better.
Mr. Barroso mentioned many politicians from different countries, he told some anecdotes which made everyone laugh, but it was the kind of laughing which you miss mostly in the policy. He showed, policy isn't just being important and serious, it is a smile which spreads over the room and makes the atmosphere better. In such an upbeat atmosphere you can talk easier about any topic. This was great.
I had the honour and pleasure to speak shortly with Mr. Barroso and I asked him what his expectations were as he became the President of the European Commission. He said, he wanted to make the economic situation better and decrease unemployment. Of course nobody at that time thought about the possibility of the current world economic crisis, but we have to remember: The European Union is the number one trade power on Earth. When we unite our potential we can handle and manage many things. He is optimistic about the future and he spread this optimism around the room. Just like his team. They were all very nice and open-minded, as I already mentioned earlier.
An d then, on the way home, I got into a conversation with the Maestro and with the pianist from the Collegium musicum and Motet Choir from the Chemnitz University of Technology and they said to me, Mr. Barroso came to them and thanked them for the music. (I also thanked them for the music they played.), but such gestures are always a part of who you are. It wasn’t necessary, it wasn’t mandatory, but it was just a normal human gesture.
At the end of the day I think about the same question: which kind of person is Mr. Barroso?
I think he and his team are people who we need to build a better European Union.
Communication is a basic thing. And as Mr. Barroso and my Dad said once: we have never had such possibilities like today to use, we are free, we can go wherever we want and do what we want to do. It's up to us what we will do with our lives.
To summarize: These thoughts and ideas have already been expressed in our forum in different discussions and the views found in our forum have been similar to the ideas and thoughts of Mr. Barroso. This is important. If average people and politicians are open-minded, democratic and interested in learning more about each other, it is a good direction. It is a very good direction. And every nation should work on inside and outside communication. Then we will have small countries as strong and self-confident partners and big countries as responsible and out going partners. And then we will cooperate within EU better, because there will be a greater understanding of each other, not only on the political level, but on the daily personal level.
So, please, let us get to know each other and go voting!
PS: Thank you very much to Mr. Mario Steinebach, spokesman of the Chemnitz University of Technology
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[deutsch] TU Chemnitz
"José Manuel Barroso ist Mr. Europa" - Technische Universität Chemnitz hat die Ehrendoktorwürde an den Präsidenten der Europäischen Kommission verliehen
"José Manuel Barroso is Mr. Europa" - Technische Universität Chemnitz (Chemnitz University of Technology) had honoured the President of the European Commission with degree of Dr Honoris causa
"José Manuel Barroso jest Panem Europa" - Technische Universität Chemnitz (Politechnika w Chemnitz) uhonorowala tytulem doktora Prezydenta Komisji Europejskiej
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