Brussels, 23/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - While Bertie Ahern continued his telephone consultations with EU colleagues, Peter Sutherland has been cited as a possible compromise candidate for the presidency of the European Commission, on a number of occasions.
Peter Sutherland, who was the youngest minister of justice in Ireland, was European Commissioner for competition 1985-89 (in the Delors Commission). He became Director General of GATT in 1993 and accompanied its transformation in 1995 into...