Italy under mounting pressure to drop Buttiglione from EU ...
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ROME : Italy&#39;s support for a conservative with outspoken views on gays and women as Europe&#39;s justice chief looked increasingly untenable as incoming EU Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso indicated he would bow to pressure to reshuffle his team.
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Incoming EU Commissioner Rocco Buttiglione should resign or be stripped of some of his powers, Neil Kinnock said today. Mr Buttiglione has thrown the new Commission
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The case of Rocco Buttiglione, the EU commissioner-designate under fire for making disparaging remarks about homosexuals and single mothers, is back on Italy&#39;s front pages.
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Riven by deep policy divisions and  personal rivalries, Italy's centre left is in tatters after the  collapse of Romano Prodi's government and faces a likely  drubbing if a snap election is called.
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Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy indicated late on Friday that he would withdraw Italy&#39;s nomination of Rocco Buttiglione for a European Commission post
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Rocco Buttiglione, disputed candidate for European justice and security commissioner, says he is the victim of a hate campaign and a wider anti-Christian &quot;Inquisition&quot; among EU institutions.
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Italy&#39;s Rocco Buttiglione withdrew his nomination to the European Commission after failing to win support in the European Parliament because he called homosexuality a ``sin.
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European socialists have vowed to lead an all-out rebellion against the new European Commission of Jose Manuel Barroso unless he drops controversial Italian nominee Rocco Buttiglione.
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Italian papers see MEPs&#39; rejection of Italy&#39;s nominee for European justice commissioner as a national humiliation - but some show a certain understanding for the decision, criticising Rocco Buttiglione&#39;s stance.
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Barroso mantiene piena fiducia &#39;&#39;nei confronti di tutta la squadra di commissari designati, il che include anche Rocco Buttiglione&#39;&#39;. Lo ha detto la portavoce dello stesso presidente designato della Commissione
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi had to decide on Thursday whether to resign or risk a confidence vote he would be expected to lose, obliging his centre-left government to step down anyway.
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BRUSSELS The dispute that engulfed Rocco Buttiglione and the 732-member European Parliament last week was partly about a prospective member of Europe&#39;s executive body professing unacceptable views and the legislature rising up to censure him.
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Italian Rocco Buttiglione, dropped from the new European Commission line-up after fierce criticism of his views on gays and marriage, says he is a victim of unfair discrimination.
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The European Parliament challenges conservative appointee Rocco Buttiglione.
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Italy's support for a conservative with outspoken views on gays and women as Europe's justice chief looked increasingly untenable as incoming EU Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso indicated he would bow ...
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Germany's drive for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council threatens EU unity, Italy says.
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Italy's Romano Prodi is scrambling for  support ahead of a vote of confidence this week which he must  win to stay on as prime minister.