EU WHISTLEBLOWERS
October 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union's first dedicated anti-fraud Commissioner has promised to deal speedily with future controversial cases of whistleblowing in Brussels, as the outgoing Commission finally sacked its former chief accountant for alleged "unsubstantiated statements". Responding to complaints that Marta Andreasen was dismissed after a lengthy two-year suspension, Estonia's Siim Kallas told a European Parliament hearing that such cases "must be handled as fast as possible" under his term of office. This begins on November 1 and one of his first tasks ...
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