Italian dropped from EU team after anti-gay remarks
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the EU&#39;s next justice and security chief after he aired traditional views on homosexuality and marriage. confirmation hearing last week that he considered homosexuality a sin and he spelt out traditional views on marriage.
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ROME - A diplomatic row has erupted between Italy and the European Parliament after the latter rejected an anti-gay Italian minister as a European commissioner.
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JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, the incoming European commission president, was under strong pressure last night to dump Rocco Buttiglione, a professed opponent of women&#39;s and gay rights, as the next commissioner for justice and security, after the European
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The president of the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games has decided to resign saying he no longer has the support of the Italian government.
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ROME, Italy -- An EU committee&#39;s rejection of an Italian nominee with conservative views on homosexuality has drawn a sharp condemnation by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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Rocco Buttiglione, the Italian nominee to the European Commission whose views on homosexuality resulted in an impasse with MEPs, yesterday decided to step aside.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi made it clear that he would probably name a new nominee for the post of EU justice chief in place of Rocco Buttiglione, whose views on women and gays have led to veto ...
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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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JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, the incoming European commission president, today failed in a bid to appease key European parties demanding that the justice minister designate, Rocco Buttiglione, be removed.
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BRUSSELS : The new European Union commission chief has full confidence in his team despite the refusal by European Parliament members to endorse Italy&#39;s Rocco Buttiglione as justice commissioner because of his views on gays, the EU&#39;s executive body
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Franco Frattini, Italy's foreign minister, is to become EU justice and security commissioner, replacing his compatriot Rocco Buttiglione, rejected by the European parliament for his ultra-conservative views on ...
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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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Europeâs outgoing Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs tonight backed anti-gay Italian Rocco Buttiglione to take over the job as planned and not step down because of his personal views.
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Italyâs blunder-prone Rocco Buttiglione was under increasing pressure today to spare himself the sack and step down voluntarily from his new job as European Commissioner in charge of civil liberties.
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Brussels - EU commissioner-designate Rocco Buttiglione sought on Thursday to defuse a row over controversial comments he made about homosexuals and women, offering to give up some powers in return for keeping the job.
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A controversial Italian politician, whose nomination to a European Union post threatened to halt other EU nominations, withdrew Saturday from consideration.
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In the latest shakeup in Italy's government, the prime minister is ousted after a heated foreign policy debate