Press Release: President Barroso Receives Atlantic Council’s Distinguished Leadership Award

On 30 April 2014, the European Commission President José Manuel Barroso was awarded the 2014 Atlantic Council Distinguished International Leadership Award at an event in Washington, D.C.

The Atlantic Council gave the award to President Barroso in recognition of his dedication to the cause of European integration and his role in ensuring that the benefits of that integration—stability, prosperity, and democracy—reach across an ever-widening vision of Europe.