Italy insists Buttiglione remain EU candidate

Updated: 14:19, Thursday, 28 October 2004

The Italian government is insisting that Rocco Buttiglione remains its candidate for the job of EU justice commissioner despite MEPs effectively vetoing him.

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9 News: Seán Whelan, Europe Editor, reports on the crisis over the nomination of Italian Rocco Buttiglione to the EU Commission
9 News: Seán Whelan, Europe Editor, reports on the crisis over the nomination of Italian Rocco Buttiglione to the EU Commission
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6.1 News: Avril Doyle, Fine Gael MEP, says that Rocco Buttiglione might be the right person in the wrong portfolio because of his fundamentalist views on some issues
6.1 News: Avril Doyle, Fine Gael MEP, says that Rocco Buttiglione might be the right person in the wrong portfolio because of his fundamentalist views on some issues

The Italian government is insisting that Rocco Buttiglione remains its candidate for the job of EU justice commissioner despite MEPs effectively vetoing him.

EU leaders are expected to hold informal talks on Friday to discuss the continuing difficulties over the appointment of the new EU Commission.

The EU is in an unprecedented situation after incoming EC President Jose Manuel Barroso withdrew his proposed team because the EU Parliament was threatening to reject it.

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