Just as the heat was being turned up on French Commissioner Jacques Barrot, he was on Monday (22 November) given an unexpected reprieve by the Socialists - the second largest group in the European Parliament.
Mr Barrot came under strong criticism from the leaders of both the Socialists and the Liberals over the weekend for not revealing that in 2000 he had been convicted and given an eight-month suspended sentence over illegal party financing.
On Monday, a spokesperson for the Eur...
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