Parliament Committee rejects Italian Commissioner

MEPs in the Civil Liberties Committee in the European Parliament have rejected Italy's proposed new Commissioner - just weeks before he is due to take up his job.

In a vote on Monday (11 October), Rocco Buttiglione was voted down by MEPs - the first time a Commission nominee has ever been fully rejected by a committee.

Mr Buttiglione fell foul of the Euro-deputies following his comments, during his Parliament audition last week, on gays and his traditional views on the role of wom...