Barroso 'backs down' on EU vote
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The incoming EU Commission president is to call for a delay in a crucial vote on his new team, reports say.
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The European Union&#39;s new executive chief has been forced to back down over his team of commissioners amid opposition in the European Parliament.
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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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Big business in Britain is against the new European Union constitution, a poll reported Tuesday.
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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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European Commission President Jose   Manuel Barroso was quoted as saying on Saturday that more   European leaders should have spoken out in support of the Pope   after he made his disputed comments on Islam.
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Plans by the European Commission to close some areas round British coasts to cod fishing will be opposed by the UK.
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The European Parliament was expected to endorse the 24-member European Union executive Thursday after new European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso moved to solve the legislature&#39;s objections to his lineup.
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Parliament challenges conservative appointee Wednesday. PARIS For a man belittled months ago as an obscure weakling, Jose Manuel Barroso is stirring up a lot of trouble.
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TUC delegates are expected to back a call for a referendum on the EU treaty - in opposition to Gordon Brown.
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Mr Barroso believes he must replace or reshuffle between three and five members of his 24-member team to win the approval of the European parliament, which refused on Wednesday to back his line-up, prompting ...
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Many predicted the parliament would back down at the last minute, swallowing its reservations and endorsing Jos Manuel Barroso's new European Commission.
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STRASBOURG  - Incoming European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso urged the EU to &quot;get back to work&quot;, ahead of a vote expected to end an unprecedented limbo and let him take office three weeks late.
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Slovak Members of the European Parliament differ on the European Commission president-designate Jose Manuel Barroso&#39;s decision on Wednesday to withdraw his proposed team only hours before the EP vote on his commission&#39;s future.
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The incoming European Commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso, is in a race against time to revamp his team of Commissioners, amid warnings that his own job could be on the line if he fails to pull off a swift deal.
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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 future of the controversial new EU commissioner-designate Rocco Buttiglione remained in the balance today, after it emerged that MEPs had voted against him taking up his justice and home affairs post - or any other.