EU/INTERNATIONAL ROUND UP – NEW EU COMMISSION NOMINATED
September 1st, 2014
A NEW European Commission nominated to hold office for the next five years has been told by its incoming president that it must increase transparency and avoid any hint of sleaze.With fraud against the European Union (EU) institutions still costing taxpayers millions of Euros and the record of the outgoing Barroso Commission marred by the Dalli affair, nominated Commissioners have been told their “conduct must be unimpeachable.” This comes in detailed ‘mission letters’ sent to these appointees by Jean-Claude Juncker, the former Luxemburg prime minister ...
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