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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8550

26 September 2003
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/eurostat
European Parliament does not call for Commissioner Solbes' resignation - Romano Prodi accuses Yves Franchet and absolves Commissioners of all responsibility

Strasbourg, 25/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday evening, the European Parliament was not going to request Commissioner Solbes' resignation. The President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, makes the former Director General, Yves Franchet, shoulder full responsibility for the Eurostat affair and clears European Commissioners of all responsibility. He gives his assurance that the Commissioners concerned did not react earlier as they had not been informed by Mr Franchet or by the...

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