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Europe
Prodi Vows Not to Fire EU Officials Over Fraud Scandal
2003-09-25
Followup to yesterday’s post
Embattled European Commission President Romano Prodi says he will not fire senior members of his team over a fraud scandal that has shaken a key EU Agency.
After all, if TotalFinaElf’s actions are OK, what’s wrong with a little graft?
Mr. Prodi told senior members of the European Parliament that that there was no reason to ask any commissioner to take political responsibility and resign over the allegations.
"Nothing to see here. Move along. These aren't the pols you want..."
There have been open calls by some parliament members for EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pedro Solbes to step down. The economics chief oversees the EU statistics agency, Eurostat, which is accused of gross financial negligence. Mr. Prodi appeared before the closed door inquiry in Strasbourg after an internal report, issued Wednesday, accused top Eurostat executives of creating fictitious contracts and funneling millions of euros into secret bank accounts. Mr. Prodi says the most serious instances of malpractice happened in the 1990s before he took office four years ago. He says he stands by his pledge of "zero tolerance for fraud".
uh huh
Posted by:Frank G

#6  Now that the shoe's on the other foot.....
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-9-25 9:50:57 PM  

#5  Prodi proposed to enter CEOs' homes w/o a warrant after Enron because of course the CEOs would keep incriminating evidence at their homes.

Ok, Romano, I'm giving it to my secretary to keep. How far down are you willing to go to violate the sancitity of a home w/o a warrant?
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-9-25 9:50:25 PM  

#4  Embattled European Commission President Romano Prodi says he will not fire senior members of his team over a fraud scandal that has shaken a key EU Agency.

[...]

He says he stands by his pledge of "zero tolerance for fraud".

Fair enough. Now the questions are: what happens if the allegations can be proven? Will he fire them then?
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-9-25 8:39:01 PM  

#3  zero tolerance for fraud

Then why are the French in the EU?
Posted by: Charles   2003-9-25 4:16:28 PM  

#2   Good to see those hard earned tax Euros put to good use!

I'm sure all of those lavish dinners they held were in honor of all of those of the "worker class".
I can just hear the first toast of every dinner. "God Bless the unwashed Euro masses. May they never stop providing these lovely dinners."
Posted by: Paul   2003-9-25 3:47:48 PM  

#1  Hey, folks! The EU is changing it's name. It's now: Scam Artistes Sans Frontieres.
Coming soon to a continental wallet near you. Good luck, my Euro friends.
Posted by: tu3031   2003-9-25 3:40:55 PM  

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