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Are EU officials beating their dogs?

For 18 years now I have worked as a journalist, and I still think I have a great job. Of course someone in my profession has to follow a number of rules. Most important of all: stick with the facts.

Now I have learned that these rules might be less strict for some officials at the EU anti-fraud office, which most people in Brussels know by its French acronym, OLAF. The European Court of First Instance ruled on Wednesday (4 October) that OLAF should get away with presenting wrong and mis...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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Author Bio

Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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