Jose Manuel Barroso

Barroso: Barroso and Van Rompuy joined Harper to declare in writing that their five tough years of negotiations were done and to push for a speedy final ratification of the deal in Europe and among Canadas 13 provinces and territories, according to The Telegram. The Canadian government also released the full text of the agreement on Friday, following years of criticism that the negotiations were too secretive and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy stood shoulder to shoulder with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Parliament Hill, saying that all 28 EU countries support the deal. They did so in face of German opposition that resurfaced in the countrys parliament again on Thursday, after first rearing its head last month over the language of an investor-state dispute mechanism contained in a leaked text of the deal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.