Current Affairs Czech EU Commissioner has sympathy for Buttiglione but sees new situation as an opportunity
When one of the proposed new EU Commissioners, Italy's Rocco Buttiglione, suggested that homosexuality was a sin and a woman's place was in the home, he caused so much outrage in the European Parliament that the incoming Commission chief, Jose Manuel Barroso, put off presenting the new team for parliamentary approval last week. Now the controversial Italian has withdrawn his candidacy, freeing Mr Barroso to make changes to his team. One person directly affected by all this is Pavel Telicka, the Czech Republic's outgoing EU Commissioner, who was expecting to leave his job this week, but instead is likely to stay on until the mess is sorted out. Radio Prague's David Vaughan spoke to Mr Telicka for his views on the crisis, and asked him how he felt about Mr Buttiglione's provocative statements.
Pavel Telicka, photo: europa.eu.int
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