A total of 382 members out of the 718 European Parliament members on Wednesday voted in favor of a second term for Jose Manuel Barroso as President of the European Commission. That's a majority of 53 percent. Some 218 MEPs voted against Barroso, while 117 abstained.
Translation from Portuguese:
"Mr President, honourable Members , First and foremost I would like to express my warm thanks to you for this expression of enormous confidence in me. That expression of confidence is a great honour for me ,It is very exiting and it also gives me a strong sense of responsibility,"
0:03'16''" Of course I also need to express gratitude to the EPP group which before the election took a risk in Warsaw by expressing their support for my programme"
0:03'39''" As President of the Commission my party is going to be Europe"
0:03'45''in English "I believe that the EP and the EC as a typical community institutions have a special duty towards our citizens. and that is exactly what I said I would do and that is exactly what I am going to do, Strong Europe for freedom and solidarity"
