KROES HEARING
September 1st, 2004
Keith NuthallNEELIE Kroes, the European Union (EU) Commissioner-designate for Competition - called the Commission's second most important job after its president's - vigorously defended herself at the European Parliament against allegations of divided loyalties today.Appearing at a hearing before parliament's economic committee earlier today, she endured a three hour grilling from cross-party tormentors who included her Dutch countryman Paul van Buitenen, formerly a whistle blower and now an MEP. He and his colleagues questioned her suitability as an impartial ...
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