Buttiglione stands down as EU commssioner
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October 31 2004 -- 1025CET -- Italy&#39;s Rocco Buttiglione, who had aroused deep hostility among EU deputies for his contentious words
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Brussels, Nov. 05  - European Union President Jose Manuel Barroso has introduced a new set of nominees for the European Commission, naming Italian foreign minister to take the place of the controversial Catholic nominee, Rocco Buttiglione.
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SILVIO Berlusconi has reluctantly backed down in the dispute over senior European Union positions that has paralysed the EU, but is demanding face-saving sacrifices by other nations to ease his embarrassment.
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Niente europarlamento per Rocco Buttiglione. Alla fine Berlusconi ha deciso: Â«Buttiglione resta ministro. Ã inutile negare che questa rappresenta la strada piÃ¹ probabile anche dopo gli incontri di queste ore con Barroso e con i leader europeiÂ».
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LONDON (CP) - The European Union's political machinery was thrown into reverse on Wednesday as the new president of the European Commission backed down from a vote on his proposed cabinet over a controversial Italian commissioner.
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Thursday risked provoking an institutional crisis in the EU by defying calls from members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to dump Rocco Buttiglione, an outspoken opponent of gay and women&#39;s rights, as
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Barroso non cambierÃ  il portafoglio di Rocco Buttiglione che ha accettato di &quot;condividere&quot; le competenze attinenti alla discriminazione sessuale, ai diritti e alle libertÃ  con un gruppo di commissari presieduto dallo stesso presidente dell&#39;esecutivo e
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ROME, October 31 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - Italian Rocco Buttiglione, whose remarks on homosexuality and the role of women sparked an uproar, said Saturday, October 30, he withdrew his candidacy as new European commissioner for justice
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European Parliament leaders fail to agree on the fate of Italy's nominee for justice commissioner, Rocco Buttiglione.
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Incoming EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso refused on Thursday to bow to socialist demands to ditch justice chief Rocco Buttiglione after the Italian apologised for calling homosexuality a sin.
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The European Parliament challenges conservative appointee Rocco Buttiglione.
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LONDON (CP) - The European Union&#39;s political machinery was thrown into reverse on Wednesday as the new president of the European Commission backed down from a vote on his proposed cabinet over a controversial Italian commissioner.
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&quot;AssumerÃ² personalmente il coordinamento nelle aree dei diritti fondamentali e della non discriminazione&quot;. Con questa mediazione il presidente designato della Commissione Ue JosÃ¨ Manuel Duaro Barroso, tenta di disinnescare la mina Buttiglione.
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Doppia bocciatura del Parlamento di Strasburgo alla nomina di Rocco Buttiglione a commissario europeo. Il voto di ieri pur avendo un valore politico, non Ã¨ vincolante. A decidere sarÃ  il presidente della Commissione europea, Barroso.
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The prime minister is in Rome today for crisis talks following the withdrawal of the incoming EU commission. Today&#39;s gathering of 25 heads of state and government was meant to focus on the ceremonial signing of the EU constitution.
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&#39;&#39;Lo ringrazio della solidarieta&#39;, forse ha esagerato&#39;&#39;. Cosi&#39; il commissario designato per la Ue, Rocco Buttiglione, sulle dichiarazioni del ministro per gli Italiani nel mondo, Mirko Tremaglia. Buttiglione
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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.