EUROSTAT – PUBLICATIONS

November 1st, 2003

Keith NuthallTHE EUROSTAT scandal has spread to another European Union (EU) institution, with the European Parliament's budgetary control committee grilling officials from the EU Publications Office (OPOCE) and the responsible (education) Commissioner Viviane Reding. The office sold Eurostat data on its behalf, directing the proceeds to bank accounts of its choosing. The committee is investigating the extent to which these sales helped Eurostat build up illegal reserves. Portuguese MEP Paulo Casaca highlighted a "strange coincidence" that Eurostat's illegal ...


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