On 20 October 2007, the daily newspaper Luxemburger Wort comments on the agreement on the Amending Treaty reached the previous day in Lisbon by the Intergovernmental Conference of the representatives of the Twenty-Seven. The article refers, in particular, to the enthusiastic comments made by José Sócrates, Portuguese Prime Minister, and José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, who describe the day as being historic for Europe and for Portugal.