Five European Commission officials are to face disciplinary proceedings…

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Series Details 02/12/99, Volume 5, Number 44
Publication Date 02/12/1999
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Date: 02/12/1999

...for allegedly helping to secure a contract for René Berthelot, a close friend of former research supremo Edith Cresson. Commission Vice-President Neil Kinnock said the report by the EU's anti-fraud body OLAF “relates to matters which justify serious concern”. But he said the five officials would not be suspended from their posts.

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