Brussels, 12/03/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 12 March, the European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, told the European Commission to issue guidelines on public statements made by Commissioners on ongoing investigations.
She found that statements by former Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia about an ongoing cartel investigation involving French bank Crédit Agricole “created a public impression of bias, that the former Commission had already reached a conclusion about the bank's...