EU member states have agreed to a new line-up of Commissioners in a bid to bring the European Union out of its current institutional crisis.
"We’re back on track", said a smiling José Manuel Durão Barroso, the incoming Commission President.
The breakthrough came after Italy finally made up its mind to send foreign minister Franco Frattini to Brussels to be Rome’s Commissioner.
He will fill the gap left by Rocco Buttiglione – the first Italian nominee who withdrew after caus...
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