EU nominee withdraws amid harsh criticism
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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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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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STRASBOURG: A majority of the European Parliament appeared Tuesday to be preparing to reject the incoming commission proposed by President-designate JosÃ© Manuel Barroso - the most serious rebellion against a new commission in the history of the European
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BRUSSELS, Oct 27 (IPS) - Incoming European Commission president Jose  Manuel  DurÃ£o Barroso faced further embarrassment Wednesday after he was   forced to ask the European Parliament to delay a crucial vote  over his  new team of commissioners.
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A committee votes against Italian Rocco Buttiglione as the EU's next justice commissioner, officials say.
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Eurosceptics UKIP suspend a candidate for allegedly suggesting the criminally insane should be killed.
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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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President Bush's pick to become  homeland security secretary, former New York police  commissioner Bernard Kerik, abruptly withdrew his nomination on  Friday due to what he said were questions over the immigration  status of a housekeeper and nanny he employed.
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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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Following incoming European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso's decision to withdraw consideration of the new EC team today, New Era (JL) is calling on Prime Minister Indulis Emsis (Union of Greens ...
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The president-elect of the European Commission has withdrawn his proposed EU executive team to avoid an unprecedented European Parliament defeat, plunging the 25-nation bloc into political turmoil.
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The Italian nominee had been heavily criticised for his alleged comments on gays, single parents and the role of men and women, and these led Commission president-designate Jose Manuel Barroso
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concessions to the European Parliament and is standing by a disputed nominee on the eve of a confidence vote in his team. the justice and home affairs portfolio, saying such
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The European Union's new executive arm appears headed for parliamentary defeat after its incoming boss Jose Manuel Barroso rejected lawmakers' angry demands to jettison his justice chief.
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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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[JURIST] BBC News is reporting that incoming EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has withdrawn his proposed slate of Commissioners from consideration by the European Parliament after a dispute over the inclusion of controversial Justice portfolio
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Italy's choice for a European Commission post, who sparked an uproar with his comments on homosexuality and women, said Saturday he will step aside.