Barroso gets go ahead from EP[fr][de] 

After several weeks of political uncertainty the European Parliament on 18 November gave its vote of approval to the new line-up of the Barroso Commission. 

The Commisison was approved with 449 voting in favour, 149 against and 82 abstaining. EurActiv.com will follow up with more in-depth coverage. 

The three largest political groupings, the conservative EPP, the socialist PES and the liberal  ALDE  group all gave Barroso their backing.

Prior to the planned vote in October it became clear that the first Barroso team would not secure sufficient backing. President Barroso therefore withdrew his line-up, preferring to reshuffle it rather than have his whole team rejected. Since then the Italian commissioner Rocco Buttiglione has been replaced by Franco Frattini, the Latvian Ingrida Udre has been replaced by Andris Piebalgs, and László Kovács has been transferred from the energy portfolio to the taxation portfolio.