ANDREASEN JOB REBUFF
February 1st, 2005
BY ALAN OSBORNTHE BRUSSELS whistle-blower Marta Andreasen, who was sacked late last year as chief accountant of the European Commission two years after exposing serious weaknesses in its accounting system, has been rebuffed by MEPs in her attempts to find a job with the European Parliament (EP). Ms Andreasen had been proposed for a consultancy post with the EP's budgetary control committee but the three main political parties - the Christian Democrats, the Socialists and the Liberals - have all opposed any formal consideration of the application. "It's ...
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