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...member of the European Commission, the E.U.'s executive body. Commission President?designate José Manuel Dur?o Barroso had tapped Buttiglione for the Justice, Freedom and Security post, which includes responsibility for antidiscrimination and sexual equality measures as well as immigration. But Buttiglione enraged members of the European Parliament, who have the power to reject the Commission as a whole, when he referred to homosexuality as a sin and remarked that marriage was meant to provide women with "the right to have children and the protection of a man." A center-left majority in Parliament threatened to reject the Commission...
...will was tested and our will has prevailed," crowed Graham Watson, leader of the Parliament's Liberal group. Often scorned as a dumping ground for politicians either too green or too damaged for the national arena, the Parliament took a huge step toward shaking its image as a spineless body that salutes the Commission's every move. And M.E.P.s were tipsy with their newfound power. At Les Aviateurs bar, a popular watering hole in Strasbourg, young M.E.P.s partied until dawn to celebrate their victory. "There isn't a parliament in the history of democracy that didn't have to fight...
...Schulz is now promising that the Parliament's successful pressure on Barroso scotches the chance of a unfettered "neoliberal agenda" from the new Commission, despite its pro-market complexion. "We've shown that there's no getting around the Socialists, and Barroso should take notice," he says. "We'll see it when it comes to legislating on competitiveness, on environmental protection, on public-service rules and the whole question of social protection for workers." Yet the Socialists might find it far more difficult to stay united on bread-and-butter economic issues than on civil rights for homosexuals. The governing...
...democratic elections in Iraq would presumably mean more than one candidate for each position. What is to prevent the insurgents, who hate the U.S. and the U.N., from placing on the ballot candidates who are sympathetic to the insurgents' position and having these sympathizers elected to the new Iraqi parliament? And if that should occur, will we then need to overthrow the parliament? Janet Herbst Millersport...
...conflict in Aceh with a new policy. I appeal to the leaders of the separatists to reunite [with Indonesia], its soldiers to come out [from hiding] and disarm. That would be the end of the armed struggle and allow for special autonomy to be carried out. In consultation with Parliament, I will give amnesty to those who voluntarily surrender...