News Releases
August 31, 2005
Message from EU European Commission President Barroso
(Right, Above) to
George W. Bush,
President of the United States of America
“DEAR MR. PRESIDENT,
"I WAS EXTREMELY SADDENED TO HEAR OF THE TERRIBLE LOSS OF
LIFE RESULTING FROM
HURRICANE KATRINA IN THE UNITED STATES
AND THE VERY SEVERE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY THE STORM.
"ON BEHALF OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND
MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND
PARTICULARLY TO THOSE IN MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA AND ALABAMA
WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES, AND WHOSE HOMES AND LIVELIHOODS
HAVE BEEN DESTROYED OR DAMAGED.
YOURS SINCERELY,
JOSÉ MANUEL BARROSO”
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