After only three days in office, Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has decided to stand aside from five significant cases due to the conflict of interest caused by her previous business links.
The President of the Commission, José Manuel Durao Barroso, must now decide whether he will work himself on these cases or whether he will allocate the job to another of his commissioners.
Mr Barroso is at the moment awaiting formal notification of the cases involved, reports the Indepe...
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