EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ETC
April 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Parliament has claimed that agreement of proposals to create a European Public Prosecutor to coordinate investigations and prosecutions regarding EU fraud, is essential. Without this, it said in a wide-ranging report on EU fraud, "the fight against fraud will remain a half measure and is doomed to failure."The report also reveals information about the recent Spanish flax subsidy case, where production aid was apparently applied for and granted by regional administrations, in breach of EU legislation.It claimed that applications for ...
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