EU May Veto Panel Over Gay 'Sin' Remark
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The European Parliament on Thursday threatened to veto the entire incoming European Union executive commission unless Italy's nominee for Justice Commissioner &#151; who earlier described homosexuality as a sin &#151; was dropped from the list.
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The decision by the European Parliament&#39;s Civil Liberties Committee to reject the nomination of Rocco Buttiglione as European Commissioner for Justice and Security over his comments on homosexuality and marriage is very unfortunate.
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1110CET Updated 1120CET -- The incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso proposed a delay to allow time to change his proposed team of Commissioners.
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The European Union's new justice chief, Rocco Buttiglione, has come under fire from MEPs challenging his disapproval of homosexuality and his support for setting up migrant gateways outside the bloc.
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Jose Manuel Barroso, the incoming head of the EU Commission, will not sack his nominee for justice minister despite a controversy over his views on homosexuality, an MEP has said.
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IT is, on the face of it, totally out of proportion. The entire incoming European Commission has been vetoed, and Europe plunged into one of its deepest crises, because one proposed commissioner, a Catholic
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The Spanish Bishops Conference Sunday warned against same-sex marriage and labeled homosexual behavior "reprehensible." The government of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero plans to address the issue ...
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Turkey's plans for new sex laws may hurt its European ambitions
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SPAIN MADRID -- Despite vociferous opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, Spain's Cabinet proposed legislation yesterday giving homosexuals the right to marry and adopt children. Parliament was expected to review and approve the legislation promptly. That would make Spain the third nation to legalize gay marriage. ''This proposed law . . . removes a centuries-old barrier,&quot; Justice Minister Juan Fernando ...
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The new European Union commission chief has full confidence in his team despite the refusal by European Parliament members to endorse Italy's Rocco Buttiglione as justice commissioner because of his views on gays, the EU's executive body revealed.
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The European Parliament will grill incoming EU commissioners over the next two weeks with questioning likely to focus on potential conflicts of interest of a few wealthy members of Jose Manuel Durao Barroso's ...
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The threat of a constitutional crisis hangs over the EU as MEPs vote on whether to veto the new commission.
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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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European Union lawmakers approved the bloc's new executive commission, ending three weeks of institutional limbo sparked by protests over comments on gays and women by an Italian nominee.
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Failure to approve the launch of European Union membership talks with Turkey would amount to âinstitutional racismâ, it was claimed today.
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The EU's incoming executive commissioners face confirmation hearings at the European Parliament this week -- with some of the more controversial figures braced for a hostile grilling.
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By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Brussels and Bruce Johnston in Rome. The European Union&#39;s incoming justice commissioner accused MEPs yesterday of anti-Catholic &quot;fundamentalism&quot; after they voted him unfit to take