EU chief moves to shore up team
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The incoming EU Commission chief offers a compromise to MEPs threatening to veto his new team.
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The United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan, has appealed to the European Union to play a bigger role in UN peacekeeping operations.
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Still unclear whether Barroso will make changes to planned team, or simply delay vote to another date. Incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso withdrew his proposed 24-member executive team
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The European Union is expanding plans to set up several elite battle groups for rapid deployment to international trouble spots.
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Â· PM steps up pressure ahead of EU/Africa summit Â· Portugal scrambles to salvage key meetings
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The EU must speak firmly to Russia which is "going back" on democracy, says the EU's new foreign affairs chief.
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com European Bureau Chief. (Brussels) Embattled incoming European Justice Commissioner Rocco Buttiglione has moved to head off a full scale crisis for the EU Parliament.
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European Commission President- designate Jose Barroso said he may replace some of his 25 commission nominees to break a deadlock that threatens to stifle efforts to pass Europe&#39;s constitution and boost competitiveness.
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The EU's top social affairs official headed for Beijing on Friday to champion improved social welfare and worker protection, the European Commission said.
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The European Commission president unveils his new team after being forced to withdrawal his original line-up.
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Incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso today defended two of his under-fire team. Euro MPs questioned the appointment of Italian Rocco Buttiglione as a Commissioner after he said homosexuality was a sin.
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The incoming head of the European Commission has been trying to end a dispute which threatens to leave the EU without an executive.
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Britain's new EU commissioner Peter Mandelson prepares to join a "bonding session" with his new colleagues in Brussels.
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The incoming EU Commission president is to call for a delay in a crucial vote on his new team, reports say.
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The new European Commissionpresident, Jos Manuel Barroso,has stressed the role of IT in making the 25-nation European Union more economically competitive.
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The incoming European Commission president has proposed redefining the duties of controversial conservative justice commissioner Rocco Buttiglione.
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Despite tensions in Britain over last weekend&#39;s failed bomb plots, the European Union seems in no hurry to appoint a new &quot;anti-terror&quot; chief and even appears to doubt whether one is needed.