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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10047

24 December 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market
Charlie McCreevy sceptical about Commissioners' independence from their countries of origin

Brussels, 23/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - The outgoing Commissioner for the internal market, Charlie McCreevy, provided an sarcastic response to ideas expressed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The latter described the appointment of Michel Barnier as a triumph for French ideas regarding regulation. The Irish Times newspaper reported McCreevy stating that, “President Sarkozy has laid to rest once and for all the myth that European Commissioners, certainly French ones, when they go to...

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