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23/04/2004
Conservative MEPs Keep Up Eurostat Pressure On Commission

On Thursday this week, the European Parliament adopted a motion for a resolution critical of the European Commission on its handling of the Eurostat fraud scandal. Conservative MEPs took the initiative this week in pressing for a clear and unambiguous statement from Parliament detailing the failures of the Commission properly to allocate responsibility for the Eurostat affair.

Conservative MEPs secured the backing of the 232-strong majority EPP-ED Group for this motion, which Parliament then supported in the plenary vote.

Commenting on the success of the motion, Jonathan Evans MEP, Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament, said:"Our success in driving through this motion underlines the determination of Conservative MEPs to hold the Commission to account for its failures over the Eurostat fraud affair. We have been relentless throughout this Parliament in exposing cases of fraud and maladministration and will continue to be in the vanguard of calls for reform. The British people can be sure that Conservative MEPs will keep up the pressure on this and other fraud cases."

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