EU chaos as new president is forced to ditch candidates
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THE European Union was thrown into political turmoil yesterday after parliamentarians forced the incoming president of the European Commission into a humiliating climbdown over his choice of commissioners.
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The new European Commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso, is under mounting pressure to strip Italy&#39;s designated justice commissioner, of his role in anti-discrimination policy after he made another gaffe at the weekend.
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The European Commission president unveils his new team after being forced to withdrawal his original line-up.
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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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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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JUST weeks before Emile Lahoud is scheduled to start his newly extended three-year term as president of Lebanon, the country has been plunged into a political crisis with the decision by Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to give up his post, dissolve his
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Incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has begun consultations with the European Union (EU) governments in an effort to resolve the crisis over his proposed new executive agency.
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Election leaves all stakeholders facing new choices
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Thursday risked provoking an institutional crisis in the EU by defying calls from members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to dump Rocco Buttiglione, an outspoken opponent of gay and women&#39;s rights, as
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The bitterly fought contest to become president of Romania was too close to call last night after a run-off ballot placed the outgoing prime minister in a dead heat with the mayor of Bucharest, according to exit polls.
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The incoming president of the EU commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, today hinted that he would make &quot;several changes&quot; to his team of 24 commissioner-designates - although warned that simply removing controversial nominee Rocco Buttiglione may create a
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The European Commission faces a new crisis after it was revealed incoming French commissioner Jacques Barrot has a fraud conviction.
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The European Union called Lebanon's  institutional crisis unacceptable and said on Tuesday it should  elect a president as soon as possible.
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STRASBOURG A backlash against an Italian commissioner with conservative social views steered the European Union into crisis Wednesday when JosÃ© Manuel Barroso was forced to delay the vote on the new European Commission.
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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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KIEV -- Talks between Ukraine's two rival presidential candidates broke down yesterday, but the arrival of a key European Union envoy offered fresh prospects that a peaceful solution to the crisis over the nation's disputed election could be found.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano went into crisis talks with political leaders Thursday after the shock resignation of Prime Minister Romano Prodi because of a foreign policy defeat in the Senate.