David Cameron hits back at European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso Barroso said Euroscepticism could lead to divisions that sparked the WWI But the Prime Minister said he was 'annoyed' at the extraordinary criticism David Cameron today hit back at criticism of the Tory party by the European Commission President, warning him not to "lecture' Britain. The Prime Minister made clear he was "annoyed" by the extraordinary claims from Jose Manuel Barroso that those who want to "roll back Europe" risked returning it to the time of "war and trenches." Mr Cameron vowed to tell the Eurocrat to his face that he had gone too far and was "wrong" to publicly criticise one of Britain's governing parties while tipping the UK Independence Party for success in forthcoming elections. Prime Minister David Cameron, pictured in Downing Street today, hit back at the extraordinary remarks by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso The row flared up after Mr Barroso said the Tory leader's tough line on Europe was an insincere attempt to counter the rise of the UK Independence Party. Despite being a supposedly neutral public servant, Mr Barroso - a former prime minister of Portugal - suggested UKIP would beat the Conservatives in next year's European Parliament elections because "when it comes to being against Europe, people prefer the original to the copy." But Mr Cameron said the President had gone beyond his remit and must respect one of the leading parties in European Parliament. Speaking on LBC 97.3, the Prime Minister said: "The Barroso thing did annoy me because frankly, his job is to serve the members of the European Union and the British Conservatives in the European Parliament are an important party. They are the governing party of the United Kingdom and he should be respecting their views rather than trying to lecture them. They've got an important contribution to make and I think he got it wrong, and I'll tell him that. Mr Cameron, who met entrepreneurs including Jonie Worton, right, mad clear his anger at the attack on Eurosceptics 'Let me say this to all those who rejoice in Europe's difficulties and who want to roll back our integration and go back to isolation - the pre-integrated Europe of the divisions, the war, the trenches, is not what people desire and deserve. The European continent has never in its history known such a long period of peace as since the creation of the European Community. It is our duty to preserve it and deepen it. To Tory MEP Martin Callanan: Your party is looking like UKIP. UKIP may finish first in Britain. I have some doubts whether you are going to be elected in Britain or if it is not UKIP that will be the first force in British elections. Because when it comes to be against Europe people prefer the original to the copy. That is probably why they are going to vote for (Nigel) Farage. I don't say this with any kind of satisfaction.' He said that while he has a "good relationship" with Mr Barroso he plans a "pretty robust exchange" on the issue the next time he sees him. Mr Barroso's comments came in his annual address to the European Parliament. In a thinly veiled attack on Mr Cameron, he insisted Europe needed "more integration," not less. He said: "Let me say this to all those who rejoice in Europe's difficulties and who want to roll back our integration and go back to isolation - the pre-integrated Europe of the divisions, the war, the trenches, is not what people desire and deserve. In exchanges with Martin Callanan, the Tory leader in the European Parliament, Mr Barroso said: "Your party is looking like UKIP. I have some doubts whether you are going to be elected or if it is not UKIP that will be the first force in British elections. That is probably why they are going to vote for [Nigel] Farage. Mr Callanan last night condemned the intervention as "outrageous," adding: "He is effectively a civil servant, but he has turned it into an increasingly political role. The idea that the alternative to greater EU integration is a return to us fighting each other in the trenches of the First World War is just risible. David Cameron has got him rattled. He thought he could isolate Britain, but there is growing support for the Prime Minister's ideas in Germany, the Netherlands and others.