MEPs vote down anti-gay EU appointee
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The future of the controversial new EU commissioner-designate Rocco Buttiglione remained in the balance today, after it emerged that MEPs had voted against him taking up his justice and home affairs post - or any other.
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Rocco Buttiglione, the Italian official who declared homosexuality a sin to the anger of left-leaning members of the European Parliament (MEPs), has withdrawn his nomination as chief of justice for the European Commission.
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Italy's support for a conservative with outspoken views on gays and women as Europe's justice chief looked increasingly untenable as incoming EU Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso indicated he would bow ...
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The European Parliament was expected to endorse the 24-member European Union executive Thursday after new European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso moved to solve the legislature&#39;s objections to his lineup.
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BRUSSELS : The new European Union commission chief has full confidence in his team despite the refusal by European Parliament members to endorse Italy&#39;s Rocco Buttiglione as justice commissioner because of his views on gays, the EU&#39;s executive body
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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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The EU Commission chief backs his team after an Italian candidate was rejected by a panel of MEPs.
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Archbishop Christodoulos yesterday voiced strong support for Italyâs candidate for EU justice commissioner, Rocco Buttiglione, who was forced to step down on Saturday after causing a furor by labeling homosexuality a sin.
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European Commission President- designate Jose Barroso battled to save his commission from European Parliament rejection, pledging an anti-discrimination law to placate opponents of a disputed Italian nominee.
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Euro MPs reject a bid by MEPs from Nordic and Baltic states to tighten the legal definition of vodka.
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The European Union's new executive arm appears headed for parliamentary defeat after its incoming boss Jose Manuel Barroso rejected lawmakers' angry demands to jettison his justice chief.
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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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Incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso today defended two of his under-fire team. Euro MPs questioned the appointment of Italian Rocco Buttiglione as a Commissioner after he said homosexuality was a sin.
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The European Parliament on Thursday threatened to veto the entire incoming European Union executive commission unless Italy's nominee for Justice Commissioner &#151; who earlier described homosexuality as a sin &#151; was dropped from the list.
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The president-elect of the European Commission on Wednesday withdrew his proposed executive team from consideration by the European Parliament to avoid an unprecedented rejection.
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Jose Manuel Barroso, the incoming head of the EU Commission, will not sack his nominee for justice minister despite a controversy over his views on homosexuality, an MEP has said.
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Incoming EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso refused on Thursday to bow to socialist demands to ditch justice chief Rocco Buttiglione after the Italian apologised for calling homosexuality a sin.