Angela Merkel and Jose Manuel Barrosu

Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel ,on the left, and President of European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, during the Summit of European People’s Party in Lisbon (Portugal), on Thursday, October 18th, 2007. Summit of European People’s Party passes before Summit of European Union in order for the leaders of countries of EU, which also are the leaders of Right parties, worked out general position on basic points about agenda of Summit of EU. It passes in quite informal atmosphere: the order of appearances, their official proclamation, is absent. Questions of agenda of Summit of European Council are discussed. Photo by Aleksandr Prokopenko / POOL / UNIAN