Jacques Barrot

Jacques Barrot (born 3 February 1937 in Yssingeaux, Haute-Loire) is a French politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Transport. He is also one of five vice-presidents of the 25-member Barroso Commission. He previously held various ministerial positions in France, and is a member of the right-wing political party UMP. Jacques Barrot, French politician and European Commissioner for Transport. ... Jacques Barrot, French politician and European Commissioner for Transport. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Yssingeaux is a commune of the Haute-Loire département, in France. ... Haute-Loire is a département in south-central France named after the Loire River. ... The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive body of the European Union. ... The Barroso Commission is the European Commission that has been in office since 22 November 2004 and is due to serve until 31 October 2009. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... The Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire), initially named the Union for the Presidential Majority (Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle), and more usually known from its French acronym as simply the UMP, is the main French conservative political party of the right-wing. ...

Barrot has been a European Commissioner since April 2004, serving as Commissioner for Regional Policy in the Prodi Commission before being selected as a Vice-President and Commissioner for Transport in the Barroso Commission. The Prodi Commission was the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. ... The Barroso Commission is the European Commission that has been in office since 22 November 2004 and is due to serve until 31 October 2009. ...

On November 18, 2004, Nigel Farage of the UK Independence Party told the European Parliament that Barrot had been convicted of fraud in 2000, for embezzling FRF 25m (US$ 3.8m, £2 million) from government funds and diverting it into the funds of his party. For this, he had received an 8 month suspended prison sentence; however, a subsequent amnesty law, voted by the right-wing majority, suppressed this conviction. November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nigel Paul Farage (born 3 April 1964 in Farnborough, Kent) is a British politician, and leader of the eurosceptic conservative United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... Sign in the entrance of the European Parliament building in Brussels, written in all the official languages used in the European Union as of July 2006 The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The inside of the Strasbourg building The European Parliament building in Brussels The European Parliament (formerly European Parliamentary... This article is about the year 2000. ... French Franc. ... Amnesty (from the Greek amnestia, oblivion) is an act of justice by which the supreme power in a state restores those who may have been guilty of any offence against it to the position of innocent persons. ...

External link

• Official website

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European Commission (2004–2009: Barroso Commission)

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