STRASBOURG, France, Nov. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- The revised team of European commissioners headed by Jose Manuel Barroso was finally approved by the European Parliament at its plenary session on Thursday.

    Barroso's new European Union (EU) executive was supposed to take office on Nov. 1. But he was forced to withdraw his first-choice team at the last minute on Oct. 27 after EU lawmakers threatened to veto it in protest principally at disputed candidateRocco Buttiglione. Enditem