Compromise Deal Rejected - New EC Faces Veto
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A compromise deal to save the next European Commission was today rejected by European parliament leaders who want an anti-gay member of the new team axed.
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LONDON (CP) - The European Union&#39;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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So often the poor relation of the EU family, the European Parliament has proved unusually resolute in taking on the might of Europe&#39;s governments in threatening to veto the bloc&#39;s new executive arm.
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The incoming EU Commission chief offers a compromise to MEPs threatening to veto his new team.
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Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen is prepared to grant limited veto power to all parties behind a multiparty accord on the EU constitution - a move designed in large part to win the support of the left-wing ...
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They are asking the European Union Council to reject this proposal. They claim that software patent directive would be harmful to the European economy.
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EU farm ministers failed on Monday to agree whether to allow new strains of genetically modified maize and potato, amid persisting divisions over biotech products.
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The European Parliament (EP)&#39;s Greens will reject the new European Commission (EC), the executivearm of the European Union (EU), as a whole during a key vote next week.
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Gordon Brown rejects calls from two trade unions for a referendum on the new European Union treaty.
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EU diplomats fail to persuade Poland to lift a veto on the start of talks on an EU-Russia co-operation pact.
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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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A standoff between the European Parliament and the new European Commission, which needs parliamentary approval, remains unresolved after a key meeting yesterday.
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The president-elect of the European Commission on Wednesday withdrew his proposed executive team from consideration by the European Parliament to avoid an unprecedented rejection.
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European Union foreign ministers battled late Sunday to overcome major obstacles to sorely-needed reforms so EU leaders can draw up the outlines of a new treaty this week.
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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: Crisis is looming over the EU's new executive after a key European Parliament committee rejected Italian Rocco Buttiglione as justice and security chief because of his traditional views on ...