Brussels, 02/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - During a hearing in Brussels on Tuesday morning before MEPs of the Parliamentary Committee on Budgetary Control (Cocobu), Commissioner Pedro Solbes refused to assume political responsibility for the financial embezzlement affairs at Eurostat, and ascribed much of the blame to the office's former director, Yves Franchet. Mr Solbes flagged up the communication problems between Eurostat's Directorate General and its services, and listed reforms undertaken...