High spirits at the Commission

Date: 05/11/1998

Are Eurocrats delving into the mysterious ways of the spirit world? The agenda for this week's Commission meeting included a worrying item headed: “Livre vert sur la politique en matière de spectres.”

One official checked the EU treaties and commented: “It's news to me that the first pillar gives the Commission competence in the field of ghost-busting - I thought that was intergovernmental.”