Controversial European Justice, Freedom and Security Commissioner-designate Rocco Buttiglione ...
Controversial European Justice, Freedom and Security Commissioner-designate Rocco Buttiglione arrives at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Controversial European Justice, Freedom and Security Commissioner-designate Rocco Buttiglione arrives in the plenary room of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, October 26, 2004. Incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso made fresh concessions to the European Parliament on Tuesday in a bid to win backing for his EU executive. But Barroso rejected left-wing demands to reshuffle his team and remove Italian Roman Catholic conservative Rocco Buttiglione from the justice and home affairs portfolio, saying that such a move would cause more problems than it would solve. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler