Today is also special for another reason, however, and I therefore extend a particularly warm welcome to the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Durão Barroso, because it is exactly 50 years ago that the first President of the European Commission, Walter Hallstein, convened his first Commission.
Tänane päev on eriline ka teisel põhjusel ning seetõttu tervitan ma soojalt Euroopa Komisjoni presidenti José Manuel Durão Barrosot. Täpselt 50 aastat tagasi kutsus Euroopa Komisjoni esimene president Walter Hallstein kokku esimese komisjoni.