Row brewing over French commissioner
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The French commissioner, Jacques Barrot, is facing criticism for failing to disclose a conviction for embezzlement. Mr Barrot, the Transport Commissioner, was given an amnesty for his conviction four years ago.
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The European Commission was abuzz over a new commissioner on its first day in office Monday after learning he was convicted of embezzlement, the BBC reported.
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A controversial figure takes charges of a State Department advisory panel.
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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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The departing envoy had argued for giving locals more responsibility. Critics are pressing for a tougher approach.
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France's involvement in Ivory Coast receives sceptical scrutiny in several papers.
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European newspapers on Wednesday focused on controversial designated EU commissioner Rocco Buttiglione, who has sparked an uproar with his strong views on homosexuality and the role of women.
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Neelie Kroes, the EU&#39;s controversial new competition commissioner, yesterday signalled to the French authorities that she would block any attempt to protect France&#39;s energy market by engineering a merger between its state-owned electricity and gas groups.
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France's president is heading for a showdown with European finance ministers over the French economy.
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The row over Italy's choice as its European commissioner dominates today's papers.
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Sir Ian Blair's position as head of the Metropolitan police was again in jeopardy last night after he received a sustained verbal mauling from his own watchdog authority over the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes.
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A man is questioned by French police over his links to the Jerome Kerviel, according to the French media.
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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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French President Nicolas Sarkozy dispatched an envoy to Ankara last weekend to try to calm tensions over his adamant opposition to Turkey entering the European Union, Le Figaro newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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LONDON: The British minister under investigation for allegedly fast-tracking a visa for a former lover's nanny was at the centre of a new political storm yesterday over slurs on his government colleagues.
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The French government piled pressure Tuesday on Societe Generale chairman Daniel Bouton over the handling of unauthorised deals by a junior trader which ended in 7.1 billion dollars of losses.
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French ex-PM Dominique de Villepin faces judges again in an inquiry that pits him against President Sarkozy.