Fix EU executive &#39;crisis&#39; urges Chirac
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ROME, Oct 29  - French President Jacques Chirac urged the head of the incoming European Commission Friday to take &quot;the appropriate decisions&quot; to resolve a row over his EU executive team which has left the EU in limbo.
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French President Jacques Chirac: on his way out figures among the top &#x2019;euro-saures&#x2019; who, in accordance with the laws of evolution, must give way to a new kind of leader.Comment
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Incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned the European Parliament on Tuesday that it would throw the European Union into an unprecedented crisis if it rejects his 24-member team.
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EU leaders will gather in Rome today to sign an historic new constitution, but the planned celebration of European unity has been transformed into a crisis meeting over the bloc&#39;s stalled executive.
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Â· PM steps up pressure ahead of EU/Africa summit Â· Portugal scrambles to salvage key meetings
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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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Â· French, German and Italian leaders meet BrownÂ· Barroso urges 'targeted and proportionate' action
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French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has called for &quot;clarification&quot; of the role of the European Central Bank, amid fierce debate in France on the high level of the euro.
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French doctors appealed on Monday to President Jacques Chirac to intervene and stop changes in wine advertising rules the physicians fear will lead to more deaths from alcohol-related illnesses and drunk ...
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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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The incoming European Commission president is to meet top MEPs to defuse the crisis over the new justice commissioner.
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The onus now falls on EU leaders to resolve the crisis over the incoming European Commission in the wake of the dramatic showdown between its president Jose Manuel Barroso and the European Parliament.
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The French President, Jacques Chirac, further muddied debate over Turkish membership of the European Union by declaring he wants to change France&#39;s constitution so the issue is eventually put to a vote in a national referendum.
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STRASBOURG, France -- The embattled head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso said Thursday he would conduct a &quot;very limited&quot; reshuffle of his proposed EU executive and hoped to present it to the European Parliament in less than a month.
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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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President Jacques Chirac appealed for national unity Tuesday to try to stem criticism of France&#39;s failure to secure the release of two French journalists held in Iraq and restore faith in French diplomacy.
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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.