Barroso rejects Greens’ nuclear demand

José Manuel Barroso, European Commission President, rejected demands, October 2007, that Neelie Kroes, the Competition Ccommissioner refrain from judging cases involving the nuclear industry because of a conflict of interest.

The Greens / European Free Alliance: Press Release, 4.10.07: Competition and energy policy: Greens call for immediate suspension of Competition Commissioner's nuclear competences http://www.greens-efa.org/cms/pressreleases/dok/200/200049.competition_and_energy_policy@en.htm

The Tocqueville Connection, 1.10.07: European Commission, business leaders push for nuclear power http://www.adetocqueville.com/

European Commission: SPEECH/07/582: Building a competitive European energy market http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/07/582&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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