European Commission President for the last 5 years, and set to stay. MEPs voted in favour of the ex-Portuguese PM as 'the best man' to navigate the way through economic storm. However, MEPs made clear that they will hold him to his promises.

Europarl Today: Barroso's Back

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Barroso enters   with a weight off his shoulders,

re-elected for another 5 years   as Commission President

by a clear majority, with 382 MEPs for,   219 against, and 117 abstentions.

The decision comes after   3 months of uncertainty,

and heated discussions within   the political groups.

A breakdown   of the secret ballot vote:

He carried out his work for the last 5   years, and will continue for the next 5.

He must now choose his team   and work with the EP.

He knows we've got   a tough challenge ahead.

The Greens went just that little bit further.

We know you very well.   After 5 years here,

and not a single word like 'I was wrong'...

But it was ALDE who cast the deciding   vote for Barroso's re-election.

The Liberals overwhelmingly voted for   Barroso as their chair had wished.

There is a financial   and economic crisis.

So we need EU institutions.   We need a Commission.

Unfortunately ALDE   are not the deciding force,

but they contributed to the majority   as they changed their strategy,

making it a majority with the eurosceptics.

But the EU Commission   is not finished with the EP,

the future Commissioners must now   win over the MEPs,

It looks like a highly political schedule   for the months running up to December.