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The Telegraph reports that Marta Andreasen, the EU's former Chief Accountant and whistleblower, sacked by Neil Kinnock and now a UKIP MEP, was yesterday blocked by the centre-right and socialist MEPs from becoming vice-chairman of the European Parliament's budgetary committee. The European People's Party - which the UK Conservatives have now left - and the Socialists broke parliamentary convention on the allocation of committee posts by demanding a vote by secret ballot to block Mrs Andreasen, who was fired in 2004 after she publicly claimed there was a £172 million discrepancy between two sets of Brussels accounts. According to PA, the secret ballot was unprecedented.
Chris Davies, a Liberal Democrat, attacked the "shameful decision" to hold a secret ballot so the MEPs could not be "held accountable for their actions". He said: "The message it sends to the public is that anyone who speaks out against malpractice in Europe risks being excluded from office."
Ms Andreasen, who will still be a member of the Committee is quoted by PA saying: "What are they scared of? If they have nothing to hide then they would have supported my candidacy. This underhand and childish reaction just shows us how scared they are of the truth. I will not be going away. I intend to use my position to act as a particularly sharp thorn in the side of the EU accounts. It can be no surprise that the accounts are never signed off when they act like this".
EU whistle blower MEP blocked from new post - Telegraph
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Last edited by CookieMonster; 21st July 2009 at 04:52 PM.
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What are they scared of?
Perhaps they are scared of a woman who says she knows where the bodies are buried.
More on her shabby treatment by the big blocs in the Parliament here -
http://www.politics.ie/europe/87266-...dget-post.html
As are their most vocal supporters on P.ie...Originally Posted by sandar
That question Andreasen asked - what are they scared of? - is one that hovers over our own government when they call for us to change our vote.
Does anyone know what seems to have them so terrified?
It seem the Eurolovvie excuse is that the EU is a huge bureaucracy. Corrpution exists in all huge bureaucracies so it's a regrettable but untimately acceptable that there be corruption in the EU instututions.
The other addition by the Eurolovvies that that the corruption exists in the "local" end of the EU instirutions therefore it's not really the responsibility of the instututions themselves.
Though when it suits them the EU is nothing but the "local" end. When it doesn't suit... it's not. The EU is great like that it can be anything you want it to be as long as you're not being mean. Sort of like a little six year old girl telling lies.
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Yes the EU is exactly like a 6 year old girl telling lies.
You really are a weirdo aren't you.
To live honestly, to hurt no one, to give every one his due.
He is definitely too hard on six year olds.
Andreasen is paying a visit soon.
http://www.politics.ie/lisbon-treaty...-dublin-2.html
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