EU head withdraws executive proposal
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Still unclear whether Barroso will make changes to planned team, or simply delay vote to another date. Incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso withdrew his proposed 24-member executive team
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BRUSSELS : The incoming head of the European Commission unveiled a new line-up for his EU executive team Thursday, aimed at resolving an unprecedented standoff that has left Brussels in limbo.
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STRASBOURG, France -- The European Union will operate without the executive-branch administration that was due to take office Monday, after the European Commission&#39;s incoming president withdrew his slate of 24 commissioners to avoid a humiliating
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STRASBOURG, France -- Facing an embarrassing defeat in the European Parliament, incoming EU chief Jose Manuel Barroso has agreed to delay a vote on his embattled 24-member executive team.
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MAFRA, Portugal  - President Vladimir Putin scrapped with European Union leaders on Friday over Brussels' plans to limit foreign investment in energy markets at a summit that achieved little on key sticking points.
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European Commission president Romano Prodi has unveiled proposals to loosen the deficit rules under the EU Stability Pact. The loosening was drafted by monetary affairs commissioner Joaquin Almunia, who stood beside the president at the announcement.
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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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The incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso today withdrew his proposed 24-member executive after it became evident the European Parliament would veto the team.
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BRUSSELS The incoming president of the European Commission offered an olive branch to the European Parliament on Thursday but failed to quell a rebellion by deputies that is threatening the future of a conservative Catholic commissioner-designate, Rocco
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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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The European Union's chief on Monday called for a halt to further expansion of the bloc after Romania and Bulgaria join, saying the EU had to resolve the stalemate over its proposed constitution before it could accept new members.
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Incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says he will make changes in his proposed commission, one day after withdrawing his slate in the face of a likely European Parliament veto.
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The European Union&#39;s foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, yesterday retracted his admission that he had met leaders of the Palestinian militant Hamas group even though it was blacklisted as a terrorist group.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 21 (IPS) - The EU was plunged further into crisis Thursday  after the incoming European Commission president Jose Manuel  DurÃ£o Barroso failed to resolve a dispute over the next EU  executive team.
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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 homosexuality and ...
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In a surprise move amid a broadening controversy over an antigay appointee, incoming European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso withdrew his proposed 24-member executive team from consideration by the European Parliament on Wednesday, realizing he
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Gordon Brown rejects calls from two trade unions for a referendum on the new European Union treaty.