EU boss defiant over key official
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The EU Commission chief backs his team after an Italian candidate was rejected by a panel of MEPs.
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Rocco Buttiglione, the incoming EU commissioner for justice and civil liberties, looks set to cling onto his job despite widespread outrage at his recent right wing comments about sexual diversity and women.
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Astana. October 26. KAZINFORM. The new head of the European Commission has robustly defended his team in the European Parliament, where many MEPs remain dissatisfied with his choice, Kazinform refers to BBC News.
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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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One of the European Union's chief architects has warned against the danger of over-expansion as it prepares to decide next month on starting entry negotiations with Turkey.
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Erkki Liikanen, the Governor of the Bank of Finland, strongly defends the Stability and Growth Pact of the European Union.
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The new European Commission president said Thursday he will not back down on his selection of Rocco Buttiglione as justice commissioner, despite controversy over Buttiglione&#39;s anti-gay comments, the Telegraph newspaper reports.
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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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The European Union's nominated chief corporate regulator, accusing her critics of &quot;character murder&quot;, insisted she would do a good job despite sitting on dozens of company boards in the past.
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'KGB tactics' threaten EU partnership agreement as Miliband wades into crisis over staff intimidation
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The Swedish truck maker Scania remained defiant on Wednesday against a hostile bid from a rival, MAN of Germany.
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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 meets concerns over controversial Italian nominee Rocco Buttiglione.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot has been trying to defuse a row over a European Union statement on Russia&#39;s handling of the Beslan hostage crisis.
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A major donor to the main opposition party said Tuesday he has submitted a legal challenge to the government's decision not to hold a referendum on the new European Union treaty.
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Siemens chief executive Klaus Kleinfeld says he will not stand down over an ongoing corruption probe at the German firm.
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The European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana denied a BBC report that he had met secretly with the Palestinian group Hamas, which is on an EU list of banned militant outfits.
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THE European Commission yesterday insisted its antitrust case against Microsoft remained strong, despite the withdrawal of two key supporters, on the eve of a crucial meeting with the judge