New commissioners win MEP support
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New candidates for the reshuffled European Commission win support from MEPs at nomination hearings.
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Incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso today defended two of his under-fire team. Euro MPs questioned the appointment of Italian Rocco Buttiglione as a Commissioner after he said homosexuality was a sin.
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The EU&#39;s new team of Commissioners has voiced confidence that it will scrape through an approval vote in the European Parliament, but the Socialists said they almost had enough support to bring it down.
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MEPs have voted to approve the new European Commission team. The result was 449 votes in favour to 149 votes against with 82 abstentions.
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The European Parliament approved Jose Manuel Barroso's revamped executive European Commission by a wide margin, ending a three-week political standoff that boosted the assembly's power.
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After three unprecedented, weeks of crisis, the new European Commission will finally be approved by MEPs today in a vote that will determine whether the incoming president, Jose Manuel Barroso, has restored his authority.
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BRUSSELS The decision by Rocco Buttiglione to relinquish his claim on the European Commission&#39;s justice and security portfolio means JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, the incoming president, will be able to get Parliament&#39;s approval for a new college of commissioners
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Britain's new EU commissioner Peter Mandelson prepares to join a "bonding session" with his new colleagues in Brussels.
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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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BRUSSELS, Nov 23 (IPS) - The new European Commission gets going this week  after a three-week delay but the start was clouded by a debate  over the integrity of some of its commissioners.
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Members of European Parliament will vote against or in favour of the new European Commission on Thursday. The Commission is expected to gain the support of the majority as the three controversial
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European Parliamentarians voted 449 to 149, with 82 abstentions, in favor of EU President Jos Durao Barroso's new team of European commissioners, Nov.
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Incoming European Union Commission President JosÃ© Manuel DurÃ£o Barroso has decided to keep his controversial new team of Commissioners exactly the way it is.
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Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President, yesterday won the big majority from MEPs he needed for his new team of commissioners, as a three-week political crisis ended.
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Europe Minister Dr Denis MacShane today welcomed the European Parliamentâs support for the new EU Commission. âI welcome the European Parliamentâs strong vote for the new Commission today.
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Britain's new EU commissioner Peter Mandelson joins a "bonding session" with his new colleagues in Brussels.
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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.