 Complete the following phrase:  Politically they came from each of the major political parties; the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party 8, the European Peoples Party 8 and the Party of European Socialists 6. In addition there were 4 Independents and one member of the Alliance for Europe of the Nations. Barroso had been complimented for balancing the portfolios between countries, such as between small and large, new and old, and pro- and anti- 