At his hearing in Strasbourg on Monday 12 September, the commissioner-designate for the Security Union, Sir Julian King, tried to convince the European Parliament's civil liberties (LIBE) committee that he would exercise his duties as well as possible and serve the European interest with integrity.
Judging from the reactions of the political groups, the British diplomat, nominated by former prime minister David Cameron to replace his compatriot Jonathn Hill, seemed to have passed the...