Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Rocco Buttiglione" produced 82 items.
| 1. Jeleva's fall was a sorry EPP farce | January 21, 2010 |
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A sad end to an unhappy few weeks in the European spotlight for the Bulgarian commissioner-designate. If Karl Marx, that sometime Brussels resident, were around today, he... | |
| 2. The candidates that failed to fall | January 21, 2010 |
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It is a measure of how poorly Rumiana Jeleva performed as a candidate commissioner that she was the only nominee rejected. Going into the hearings, the expectation was... |
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| 3. MEPs to question commissioners-designate | January 11, 2010 |
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European Parliament embarks on seven days of hearings. The European Parliament today embarks on seven days of hearings for the 26 individuals who have been nominated by... | |
| 4. Lisbon delays reduce threat to Barroso's team | January 7, 2010 |
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It has the potential to be a trial of strength for the European Parliament, but MEPs seem to lack the appetite for a confrontation with commissioners. Over the course of... |
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| 5. Parliament should not rush hearings | November 5, 2009 |
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MEPs should take their time when approving a new Commission. The collective sigh of relief breathed by the European Union institutions on Tuesday, when Czech President... | |
| 6. MEPs seek more power over diplomatic service | October 15, 2009 |
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The European Parliament wants to have more control over the planned European External Action Service. Members of the European Parliament are threatening a major... | |
| 7. Poland and Lithuania nominate new commissioners | June 29, 2009 |
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Poland and Lithuania nominate their candidates to join the European Commission. The Polish government on Friday (26 June) nominated Pawel Samecki, a member of the board of... | |
| 8. An unholy return? | October 16, 2008 |
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Buttiglione returns to vaunt the common European spirit. What a difference four years makes. On Monday 11 October 2004, the civil liberties committee of the European... |
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| 9. The power of Parliament – a matter of chance | June 19, 2008 |
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The European Parliament has acquired new powers by accident as well as by design, according to its former secretary-general. |
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| 10. Barroso's mini reshuffle is the safest course | April 24, 2008 |
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On balance, the president of the European Commission is probably right to conclude that an Italian at transport is less problematic than an Italian at justice. ?Once bitten,... | |
| 11. ‘A man to foster the role of Europe in the world' | April 24, 2008 |
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More on the man expected to become Silvio Berlusconi's nominee for the post of commissioner. German MEP Klaus-Heiner Lehne declared last week (17 April) that Antonio Tajani,... | |
| 12. Back to Rome, at last | April 18, 2008 |
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Franco Frattini returns to “the source of all legitimacy”. As the ‘will-he-won't-he?' saga of Franco Frattini nears its conclusion, Commission President José... |
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| 13. MEPs want high-level job appointments postponed | October 18, 2007 |
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Senior MEPs are calling for a decision on appointments to top EU posts to be delayed by several months even if the reform treaty is ready to come into force in January 2009.... | |
| 14. Tough months ahead for confident Commission | November 16, 2006 |
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Support from the most powerful EU leaders is crucial for any European Commission president's chances of success during his term of office. There is a widely held view that... | |
| 15. A likeable candidate | November 2, 2006 |
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Romania's failure to get Varujan Vosganian, its first candidate for European Commissioner, accepted by Commission President José Manuel Barroso was a defeat for the... | |
| 16. Parliament's disappointing presidents | October 12, 2006 |
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The role of president of the European Parliament is not an easy one. The president has to represent an institution in which establishing a consensus or majority view is... | |
| 17. Italy's sick body needs sounder minder | April 6, 2006 |
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In some countries, at some times, elections are the triumph of hope over experience. The hope is that the promises of change, renewal and progress towards shared goals will... | |
| 18. An EU of all creeds, colours and prejudices? | March 9, 2006 |
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Two MEPs discuss European immigration policy Greater co-operation on migration issues is no longer just desirable, but essential, says | |
| 19. Rocco returns to corridors of EU power | February 16, 2006 |
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The European Parliament doesn't often score a victory against the European Commission and the Council of Ministers, so perhaps it's understandable that MEPs like to... | |
| 20. The Target | December 15, 2005 |
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Antonio Fazio, the governor of Italy's central bank, probably sees himself as a latter-day Saint Sebastian. On the wall above his office desk he has a portrait of the martyr... | |
