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THERE will be no honeymoon period for the new European Commission as they spent their first day in office fighting off allegations about one of their members.

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THE Taoiseach has indicated that Rocco Buttiglione, the controversial Italian candidate for the European Commission, will have to step down to resolve the row over the new commission.

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