7/06/2005

Mrs. Barroso

O diário inglês "The Independent" faz hoje um retrato das primeiras damas do G8. A mulher de Barroso tem um lugarzinho. Até Laura Bush parece mais interessante neste retrato.

Margarida Sousa Uva (Mrs Barroso*)

(*So not technically a G8 wife, but since Japan's Junichiro Koizumi divorced in 1982, and Mr Barroso attends G8, she makes the grade)

Age: 48
Married: 24 years
Children: Luis, Guilherme and Francisco, aged 21, 18 and 16.
Background: She was a literature student when she met Jose Manuel Barroso.
Hobbies: She read a poem about a trout, praising her husband, that drew public mirth.
Fashion: She avoids fashion magazines and photographers.
Causes: She sits on the advisory board of the European Network on Street Children Worldwide.
Influence: A passionate supporter of her husband's politics.