CRESSON CHARGED
March 1st, 2003
BY ALAN OSBORNTHE FORMER European Commissioner Edith Cresson, who was also once the prime minister of France, has been formally charged with corruption by a Belgian judicial body headed by magistrate Jean-Claude Van Espen. The charge of "counterfeiting and benefiting from professional contracts" arises from Mme Cresson's activities during her spell as the EU's education commissioner between 1995 and 1999. The European Commission has also launched separate disciplinary procedures against Mme Cresson and others arising from the same alleged infringements. It said ...
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