Rocco Buttiglione is an Italian Union of Christian and Centre Democrats politician and an academic. Buttiglione's nomination for a post as European Commissioner with a portfolio that was to include civil liberties, resulted in controversy as some political groups opposed him for his conservative Catholic views on homosexuality, despite his assurances that these were only his personal convictions and would not dictate his administration.
Rocco Buttiglione at Mathias Corvinus Collegium (Budapest)
Buttiglione: The Linchpins of the European Cooperation
Union of the Centre (2002)
The Union of the Centre, whose complete name is "Union of Christian and Centre Democrats", is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy.
Pier Ferdinando Casini
2002–2006
2008
2009–2013