Berlusconi blasts EU rejection
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ROME, Italy -- An EU committee&#39;s rejection of an Italian nominee with conservative views on homosexuality has drawn a sharp condemnation by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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The EU Commission chief backs his team after an Italian candidate was rejected by a panel of MEPs.
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L&#39;operazione doveva essere contestuale. Designazione del commissario Ue e rimpasto di Governo a cominciare dalla poltrona piÃ¹ importante, quella della Farnesina. Al premier Silvio Berlusconi sarebbe bastata
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Portuguese MEP accuses prime minister of 'double standards' over threat to boycott EU-Africa summit.
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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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LONDON (CP) - The European Union'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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Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi nearly collapsed during an emotional speech to political supporters Sunday, and aides rushed to the podium to keep him from falling.Comment
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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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A double rejection for Buttiglione in Brussels. The justice and security commission of the European Parliament has rejected by just one vote, the first resolution that accepted the candidature of Rocco Buttiglione
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Silvio Berlusconi, Italy&#39;s prime minister, on Wednesday claimed victory in his battle to cut taxes and improve the state&#39;s efficiency after parliament gave final approval to his centre-right government&#39;s 2005 budget.
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Premier Silvio Berlusconi kept up his suggestion that he will step down if allies do not fully back his plans on income tax cuts, saying in a newspaper article that failure to pass the fiscal reform would ...
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Dissidents condemn EU inaction over regime after law is flouted as leader prolongs rule yet again
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Romano Prodi, the outgoing European Commission leader, says EU plans to become the world's most competitive economy are a "big failure".
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European Parliament Liberal leader Graham Watson joked the crisis surrounding the EU's new executive could be a plot by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to keep his arch-foe in Brussels.
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Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, last week suggested reforms to the way the EU calculates population, a figure that determines how much power a country wields in Brussels.
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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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LONDON : Europe&#39;s efforts to catch up to and then outpace the US economy have been &quot;a big failure,&quot; the outgoing head of the European Union executive commission, Romano Prodi, told the Financial Times in an interview.