New EU Commission to face two weeks of grilling
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The European Parliament will grill incoming EU commissioners over the next two weeks with questioning likely to focus on potential conflicts of interest of a few wealthy members of Jose Manuel Durao Barroso's ...
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BRUSSELS, Nov 5 (IPS) - Incoming European Commission president Jose Manuel  DurÃ£o Barroso tried to end the political crisis in the European  Union Thursday as he unveiled his new team of Commissioners.
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The recently appointed members of the new European Commission meet for the first time in Brussels.
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Jose Manuel Barroso, the incoming European Commission President, has selected his new team and is trying to win support from the European Parliament.
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European Union finance ministers expecting a smooth return from summer break were likely to be disappointed Friday as they gathered for a two-day session covering hot-button issues of taxes, budgets and deficit rules.
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European Union lawmakers approved the bloc's new executive commission, ending three weeks of institutional limbo sparked by protests over comments on gays and women by an Italian nominee.
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The incoming head of the European Commission, the European Union&#39;s executive body, says he will stand by a controversial appointee to his cabinet despite widespread opposition to the nominee among members of the European Parliament.
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Strasbourg - European Union lawmakers on Thursday approved the bloc&#39;s new executive commission, ending three weeks of institutional limbo sparked by protests over comments on gays and women by an Italian nominee.
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BRUSSELS, Aug 30 (IPS) - Leading development groups are pleading for  enlarging the responsibilities of Louis Michel, commissioner  designate in-charge of development and humanitarian aid in the  new European Commission.
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Brussels, Nov. 05  - 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 Buttiglione.
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JosÃ© Manuel DurÃ£o Barroso, the incoming president of the European Commission, is expecting to have to make a clutch of changes to the line-up of his executive if he is to get it past a rebellious European Parliament.
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The European Union on Monday opens two days of talks with Israel and its Arab neighbors to take stock of fresh chances for Mideast peace less than three weeks after the death of Palestinian leader Yasser ...
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European Commission President-designate Jose Barroso overhauled his leadership team, seeking to end a dispute with the European Parliament and two weeks of policy- making gridlock in the European Union.
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Incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is to present to the European Parliament his new team of commissioners on Thursday.
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EU leaders express measured approval for a new treaty, hammered out over two days of talks.
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European Union leaders launched a two-day summit Thursday with how to react to the return of US President George W. Bush for a second term dominating thinking.
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The incoming EU Commission president is to call for a delay in a crucial vote on his new team, reports say.