Brussels, 14/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - Over the course of the last two days, 151 MEPs have signed a letter in which they call on Commissioner Günther Oettinger to retract his comments advocating flying the flags of heavily indebted countries at half mast as a punishment, or resign. Among those signing the letter are five European Parliament (EP) vice-presidents and the leader and two deputy leaders of EP political groups.
The European Commission has tried to back-track. “It was not my...