PRODI’S DEFENCE
September 1st, 2003
BY MARK ROWETHE EUROPEAN Commission president Romano Prodi has come out fighting over allegations of fraud at Eurostat, the European Union's statistical agency, and rejected calls for resignations of his colleagues. Appearing before a closed-door extraordinary meeting of the parliament's Conference of Presidents, attended by budgetary affairs committee members, Mr Prodi said he had "no reason to ask any Commissioner to assume political responsibility and resign" over the Eurostat affair; calls have been made for economic and monetary affairs Commissioner Pedro ...
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