UKIP&#39;s attacks embarrass newly elected Barroso Commission
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Approved by two thirds of the MEPs, the Barroso II Commission is due to take office on 22 November. Eurosceptic MEP Nigel Farage took the shine off the subsequent celebrations by attacking French Transport
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A POLITICAL compromise to save the job of the new European Commissioner who thinks homosexuality is a sin was put to Euro MPs in Brussels yesterday.
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Incoming EU Commission chief Barroso finalises a new team, needed to settle a damaging row with MEPs.
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LONDON (CP) - The European Union&#39;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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Incoming EU Commissioner Rocco Buttiglione should resign or be stripped of some of his powers, Neil Kinnock said today. Mr Buttiglione has thrown the new Commission
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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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Jose Manuel Barroso, the new EU commission president, won the backing of EU leaders last night for a mini-reshuffle of his team which should resolve an institutional crisis that has paralysed the union for weeks.
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A controversial Italian politician has created a furore by making remarks critical of single mothers. Rocco Buttiglione, who has been proposed as the European Union&#39;s new Justice Commissioner, has been quoted
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The Italian nominee had been heavily criticised for his alleged comments on gays, single parents and the role of men and women, and these led Commission president-designate Jose Manuel Barroso
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Rocco Buttiglione cut a shambolic, apelike figure as he ambled into his hearing before the European parliament committees that will oversee his work as the EUâs commissioner for justice, freedom and security.
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Blighty vote fraud may be worst in Europe The chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life yesterday delivered a stinging attack on attempts to modernise the British voting system.â¦
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JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, president-designate of the European commission, has a crisis on his hands. The former Portuguese prime minister won plaudits in the summer for picking his Brussels team without bending to the will of powerful EU governments.
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STRASBOURG : The European Union&#39;s new commission appeared headed for defeat in a make-or-break parliamentary vote with a majority of EU lawmakers vowing to veto the executive arm.
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The new EU Commission won&#39;t be taking office next week as planned. Resistance from the European Parliament prompted President Jose Barroso to withdraw his proposal for a new executive.
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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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European Parliament members today criticized the European Commission for proceeding with an "action plan" for closer cooperation with Ukraine that was negotiated with the country's outgoing government.
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Rocco Buttiglione, disputed candidate for European justice and security commissioner, says he is the victim of a hate campaign and a wider anti-Christian &quot;Inquisition&quot; among EU institutions.