Desperately seeking new Italian EU commissioner, PM mooting ...
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is preparing this week to both reshuffle his shaky coalition government and name a new appointee to the European Commission, with his foreign minister seen likely to get the nod to go to Brussels.
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Italy's president was holding crisis talks with political leaders yesterday to see if Romano Prodi, who resigned as prime minister after nine months in power, can still head a government or must be replaced.Comment
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Italy's prime minister blames "leftist propaganda" after MEPs reject his nominee for EU justice commissioner.
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Tony Blair will tomorrow join other European Union leaders in Rome amid the growing crisis over the appointment of a new Brussels Commission.
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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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Franco Frattini, Italy's foreign minister, is to become EU justice and security commissioner, replacing his compatriot Rocco Buttiglione, rejected by the European parliament for his ultra-conservative views on ...
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The incoming European Commission president has proposed redefining the duties of controversial conservative justice commissioner Rocco Buttiglione.
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The new head of the European Commission has re-submitted key nominations in hopes of gaining parliamentary approval. Jose Manuel Barroso announced the new nominations in
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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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ROME - A diplomatic row has erupted between Italy and the European Parliament after the latter rejected an anti-gay Italian minister as a European commissioner.
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ROME : Italy&#39;s support for a conservative with outspoken views on gays and women as Europe&#39;s justice chief looked increasingly untenable as incoming EU Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso indicated he would bow to pressure to reshuffle his team.
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Italyâs blunder-prone Rocco Buttiglione was under increasing pressure today to spare himself the sack and step down voluntarily from his new job as European Commissioner in charge of civil liberties.
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The European Union has been plunged into uncharted constitutional waters following parliamentary committee&#39;s rejection of Italy&#39;s nominee for European commissioner, Rocco Buttiglione.
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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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A European Commissioner and Italian minister led calls on Wednesday for the European Union to introduce obligatory &quot;Made in...&quot; labels for some products imported into the bloc.
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Italian papers see MEPs&#39; rejection of Italy&#39;s nominee for European justice commissioner as a national humiliation - but some show a certain understanding for the decision, criticising Rocco Buttiglione&#39;s stance.
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BRUXELLES/ROMA - Doppio no del parlamento europeo a Rocco Buttiglione. La commissione libertÃ  pubbliche ha bocciato di stretta misura il candidato italiano alla prossima commissione di Bruxelles. Non era mai accaduto in passato.