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EU: Vote on the new European Commission delayed to save embarrassment

01 October 2004

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Vote on the new European Commission delayed to save the embarrassment of the European Parliament voting to reject the whole Commission at its plenary session in Strasbourg today (27.10.04). Faced with defeat the President of the European Commission, Mr Barosso, asked for the vote to be postponed - this stems from the parliament's opposition to the appointment of Mr Buttiglione as Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs. Mr Buttiglione will either be moved to another post or replaced by another nominee from the Italian Berlusconi government (which would be a major climb-down).

Mr Buttliglione first came to attention in August for his extreme views on immigration. This was compounded his "hearing" before the parliamentary committee when Mr Buttiglione came out with extraordinary views on homosexuality, marriage and the role of women. At the same "hearing" on 5 October he said that "so far there was no encroachment on freedom" in EU justice and home affairs policies since 11 September 2001. See: 10 October: European Parliament's Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights vote to reject Buttiglione as the Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs: euobserver & euractiv (links) New Commissioner for "Justice, Freedom and Security" talks of the EU being "swamped" by immigration "time-bomb" (Statewatch, 23.8.04) EU: New Commissioner supports setting up external refugee detention centres (Statewatch, 18.8.04)

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