26/11/2013 (Agence Europe) - Karel De Gucht on trial for fraud in 2015. The date of the trial of Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht (of Belgium) has been set at the court of first instance in Ghent from 14 January 2015 onwards - after the May 2014 European elections and the appointment of a new batch of European commissioners, among whose number De Gucht hopes to be. The Commission refuses to ask him to resign because this is a private matter that pre-dates his appointment as a commissioner...