ANDREASON v KINNOCK
March 1st, 2003
BY ALAN OSBORNTHE EUROPEAN Parliament now seems almost certain to refuse to rubber stamp the books for the EU's Pounds 65 billion budget ()for 2001 next month (April) following new disclosures in the row over revelations of serious weaknesses in the European Commission's accounting procedures by its former chief accountant Marta Andreason. She was suspended from her post last year by the Commission vice-president Neil Kinnock but an internal Commission report has now substantially vindicated her findings with the result that Mr Kinnock has come under pressure to ...
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