Berlusconi blasts EU rejection
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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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&quot;Silvio Berlusconi ha violato la legge per anni come imprenditore, aveva a libro paga alcuni giudici romani e come presidente del Consiglio Ã¨ venuto qui in aula a mentire, ha mentito a tutto il popolo italiano dichiarando cose non corrispondenti al vero.
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PARIS - The rejection by several states of the European Union Constitution would sound the death knell for the project of a political Europe, says outgoing European Commission president Romano Prodi.
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Ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who  lost power in April elections, attacked Italian magistrates on  Wednesday for chasing after CIA agents and Italian spies over  the alleged kidnap of a terrorism suspect.
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Opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi called  for immediate elections at a meeting with the Italian president  on Tuesday, seeking a return to power after the collapse of the  centre-left government last week.
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Rome) An Italian cabinet minister Wednesday launched into a homophobic tirade in response to this weeks rebuke of the country's nominee for the European Union's Commissioner for Justice.
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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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The EU Commission chief backs his team after an Italian was controversially rejected by a panel of MEPs.
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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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Incoming European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso reiterated his rejection to reshuffle his new team on Tuesday, saying &quot;a reshuffle would create more problems than it would resolve.
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Italian opposition leader Silvio  Berlusconi said on Monday he would not support efforts to form  an interim government to overhaul voting rules, making a snap  election appear inevitable.
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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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Italy&#39;s centre-right opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi, a champion of lower taxes, said Thursday that he had to fork out 43 million euros (57 million dollars) for the last fiscal year.
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The Maltese Church believes that Italy's rejected European Commission nominee, Rocco Buttiglione, was treated harshly, though it said he could have made a better choice of words.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi,  seeking to defuse an unprecedented crisis in the EU executive,  said Rocco Buttiglione would most likely be replaced as Italy's  candidate for the European Commission.
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Silvio Berlusconi, Italy&#39;s prime minister, on Wednesday claimed victory in his battle to cut taxes and improve the state&#39;s efficiency after parliament gave final approval to his centre-right government&#39;s 2005 budget.
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Dissidents condemn EU inaction over regime after law is flouted as leader prolongs rule yet again