Barroso team wins approval from EU parliament (AFP)

AFP - European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso, visiting Azerbaij

AFP - EU commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso called Thursday for

Trapped in their own failures, EU 'leaders' are no longer simply contradicting each other - they are now contradicting themselves. And, I must add, via ever more apparent and bizarre statements.

The head of the European Commission has warned governments to grasp the gravity of the eurozone crisis now threatening Italy and urged greater EU integration, after a rescue for Spanish banks fell flat.

EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso's new team is set to get the green light from the European parliament Tuesday, ending a three-month limbo period during the bloc's worst ever economic crisis.

EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso's new team is set to get the green light from the European parliament Tuesday, ending a three-month limbo period during the bloc's worst ever economic crisis.The mandate of Barroso's first team of policy commissioners officially ran out at the end of October but problems in ratifying the EU's reforming Lisbon Treaty, followed by the parliament's rejection of Bulgaria's choice for EU humanitarian aid commissioner, kept the outgoing team on in a caretaker capacity.

AFP - Financial market pressure on Italy and Spain is "clearly