法国总统萨尔科奇据说对巴罗索在去年秋天金融系统崩溃中的表现感到失望，而德国总理默克尔也对他的前途开始沉默了。
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is said to have been disappointed by Barroso’s performance during last autumn's financial meltdown, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel also seems to have fallen silent on the matter of his future.