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...This is not about Gaza-this is the opening of a major debate about Israel's soul." ASHER SUSSER, director of the Tel Aviv-based Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, responding to the vote in Israel's parliament to remove Jewish settlements from Gaza and the West Bank...
...Still, last week recalibrated the balance between Parliament and member states. For years national leaders have used Brussels appointments to solve domestic political problems. Buttiglione's appointment emerged after his party, the Union of Christian Democrats, threatened to leave Berlusconi's ruling coalition. In years past, such nominations have always received a weary pass from Parliament. This time - perhaps because more than half the M.E.P.s were first elected in June - they didn't. Greek Socialist Stavros Lambrinidis, vice chairman of the Civil Liberties Committee, says that its vote against Buttiglione created a healthy dynamic. "All the committees started focusing...
...Latvia's government.) In Rome, E.U. heads of state began talking about how to put together a new, improved Commission - which means doing some serious horsetrading if they really intend to wrap it up at their summit this week in Brussels. But the situation is fluid. Some of the Parliament's remaining objections could be met by shuffling portfolios, but Barroso - who has to keep member states happy, too - is keen not to open up a bazaar...
...Barroso arrived in Rome with a clear message: the European Parliament is not to be trifled with. "We'll get what we wanted, which is an improved Commission," says Andrew Duff, a British Liberal Democrat M.E.P. That result would silence talk about last week's showdown having been just another example of pointless institutional muscle-flexing. By demanding higher standards for the Commission than the leaders of the member states themselves - and by proving its members had the gumption to stick together and stand firm - the European Parliament has made the most of its powers of approval. Now both institutions...
...Delhi between India's and Pakistan's Prime Ministers. - By Tim McGirk Fallout Over Funds LATVIA Prime Minister Indulis Emsis' coalition government resigned after legislators rejected his proposed 2005 budget. His coalition - the Baltic state's 10th post-Soviet government - held just 47 seats in the 100-member parliament. Counting In Kosovo SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO All 660,000 votes cast in Kosovo's legislative elections will be recounted. Observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, acting on complaints by political parties, found inaccuracies in the count. Earlier partial results showed no party had enough support...