European Commission president ‘biased’ towards larger states

EUROPEAN Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso is being accused of being biased towards the big member states and of ignoring smaller countries, including Ireland.

The major energy policy being unveiled today in Brussels threatens to bring the issue to a head as France and Germany in particular have been pushing for some of the measures to be watered down.

Ireland’s Charlie McCreevy led a near mutiny against Mr Barroso, the former Portuguese Prime Minister, at their weekly meeting recently, accusing him of toadying to larger member states.