Incoming European Commission President José Manuel Durão Barroso appears to have withdrawn his full support from the controversial future Italian Commissioner.
At a meeting in Dublin on Monday (18 October), Mr Barroso refused to repeat an earlier statement that Rocco Buttiglione was "perfectly fit" for the post of Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner, according to the Irish Times.
"I cannot at this stage make any specific comment about a specific member of the Commission", said M...
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