On Friday 2 June, the GUE/NGL group at the European Parliament called for the resignation of Miguel Arias Cañete, following revelations in the Spanish press earlier this week that the anti-fraud office of the EU (OLAF) has opened an investigation linked to the revelations of the Panama Papers scandal and involving certain members of the inner circle of the European Commissioner for Climate Action (see EUROPE 11798).
Cañete's wife, Micaela Domecq, comes in for scrutiny as the owner of a...