Buttiglione Bows Out From EU Commission Line-up
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ROME, October 31 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - Italian Rocco Buttiglione, whose remarks on homosexuality and the role of women sparked an uproar, said Saturday, October 30, he withdrew his candidacy as new European commissioner for justice
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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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Italy&#39;s European commissioner-designate, Rocco Buttiglione, faced a formal call from MEPs for his resignation yesterday over his description of homosexuality as a &quot;sin&quot;.
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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.
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BRUSSELS: Crisis is looming over the EU's new executive after a key European Parliament committee rejected Italian Rocco Buttiglione as justice and security chief because of his traditional views on ...
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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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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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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned Wednesday after his government lost a parliamentary vote on its foreign policy.Comment
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Ad una svolta la vicenda del commissario italiano Rocco Buttiglione? Un compromesso prospettato dal presidente designato della Commissione JosÃ¨ Manuel Durao Barroso potrebbe portare il Parlamento europeo
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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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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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Rocco Buttiglione should be replaced as Italy&#39;s candidate for the European Commission to defuse a crisis in the EU executive, outgoing commissioner Chris Patten said on Saturday.
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Italy&#39;s Rocco Buttiglione withdrew his nomination to the European Commission after failing to win support in the European Parliament because he called homosexuality a ``sin.
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Under attack for calling homosexuality sinful, Italian cabinet minister and papal confidant Rocco Buttiglione said Saturday that he was abandoning efforts to become the
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com European Bureau Chief. (Brussels) Embattled incoming European Justice Commissioner Rocco Buttiglione has moved to head off a full scale crisis for the EU Parliament.
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European Union President Jose Manuel Barroso has introduced a new set of nominees for the European Commission, naming Italian foreign minister to take the place of the controversial Catholic nominee, Rocco ...
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ROME: Calling himself âan innocent victimâ, Italyâs Rocco Buttiglione withdrew as a candidate for the incoming European Commission on Saturday to help ease an unprecedented crisis for the executive.