Italy angry over rejection of nominee for EC
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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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The case of Rocco Buttiglione, the EU commissioner-designate under fire for making disparaging remarks about homosexuals and single mothers, is back on Italy&#39;s front pages.
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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 homosexuality and ...
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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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A committee votes against Italian Rocco Buttiglione as the EU's next justice, freedom and security commissioner, officials say.
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PARIS - The rejection by several states of the European Union Constitution would sound the death knell for the project of a political Europe, says outgoing European Commission president Romano Prodi.
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SILVIO Berlusconi has reluctantly backed down in the dispute over senior European Union positions that has paralysed the EU, but is demanding face-saving sacrifices by other nations to ease his embarrassment.
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Papers across Europe remain transfixed by the row over Italy&#39;s nominee for the post of European commissioner. Swiss papers look at the implications of an expected influx of workers from the European Union&#39;s
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A controversial EU commission nominee sparks a new row by allegedly saying single mums are "not so good".
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Italy&#39;s disputed candidate for EU justice and security commissioner, under fire for calling homosexuality a sin, has said single mothers are &quot;not very good&quot;.
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The United Nations refugee agency chastised Italy on Friday for denying a group of Turkish Kurds the right to an asylum hearing and forcing them back onto a Mediterranean freighter, where they've been stuck for two weeks.
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Italy's prime minister blames "leftist propaganda" after MEPs reject his nominee for EU justice commissioner.
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The Italian nominee had been heavily criticised for his alleged comments on gays, single parents and the role of men and women, and these led Commission president-designate Jose Manuel Barroso
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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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The BBC's Tamsin Smith says the row in Brussels over comments by Italy's candidate for EU commissioner has affronted Italians.
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The Italian minister nominated as EU justice and home affairs commissioner has denied criticising single mothers. Rocco Buttiglione is already at the centre of a row after being rejected by the European Parliament
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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.