Blair jeered during EU parliament speech
Tony Blair was greeted with polite applause and some jeers as he addressed the European parliament on taking up the EU's presidency. Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission president, said reconnecting with people required a European programme of prosperity and solidarity. Mr Blair was a statesman whose presidency had raised high expectations. He won applause when he took a dig at Mr Blair's participation in the group of six countries demanding that EU spending be pegged at 1 per cent of combined national wealth - a recipe for "reducing Europe's ambitions", warned Mr Barroso. He added: "We believe in Europe as a political project and I hope the British presidency will give an important push to a political Europe and a dynamic Europe."
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