Brussels, 05/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - Neil Kinnock, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of internal reform, was questioned during the most recent plenary session on the appointments of senior officials at the Commission. José Pomés Ruiz asked Neil Kinnock, on behalf of the EPP, whether the appointments had been made in terms of merit. In his view, "the presence of more British nationals than Germans or Spaniards cannot be due to merit alone...". The Spanish Member also...