European Commission President Portuguese Jose Manuel Barroso delivers a speech

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European Commission President Portuguese Jose Manuel Barroso delivers a speech during the celebration of Slovenia s accession to the Schengen Area and taking the EU Presidency from Portugal to Slovenia in border town of Skofije 22 December 2007 on the second day of implementation of the Schengen border free zone treaty Slovenia the first former Yugoslav state to join the European Union and the eurozone will now control 760 kilometres 472 miles of the Schengen border and will officially start its presidency over EU with the first day next year The European Union s border free zone was extended to Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Lithuania Latvia Malta Poland Slovakia and Slovenia 21 December 2007

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Size: 5315px × 3543px
Location: Skofije
Photo credit: © Aleš Beno / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: barroso, commission, european, jose, manuel, president