European Commission vice-president Guenter Verheugen has spoken out strongly against the power of high-ranking civil servants within the commission who are able to influence decisions according to their personal whims.
In an interview with German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, the German commissioner in charge of the important industry portfolio said "the whole development in the last ten years has brought the civil servants such power that in the meantime the most important political task...
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