Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: Un'ampia organizzazione di ruberie........

Il Financial Times accusa Prodi ed i suoi collaboratori di "sapere più di
quanto finora ammesso sul crescente scandalo di Eurostat", l'ufficio
statistico della comunità europea. A puntare il dito contro il presidente
della commissione Ue sarebbe uno dei due alti funzionari di Eurostat al
centro dell'inchiesta avviata dalla procura francese per sospetti frodi nei
conti dell'ufficio di Lussemburgo. Yves Franchet - ex direttore di Eurostat
e ora trasferito altrove - avrebbe rivelato, in un'intervista ancora non
andata in onda, di "aver tenuto informato Prodi degli eventi", insieme ai
commissari Ue Neil Kinnock, Pedro Solbes e Michaele Schreyer.
Il quotidiano inglese cita anche una lettera scritta lo scorso settembre da
Romano Prodi in cui si sottolineava che la Commissione "si era detta
preoccupata circa possibili irregolarità" all'interno di Eurostat risalenti
al giungo 1999.
Quindi, secondo il quotidiano finanziario, Prodi e i suoi hanno
sottovalutato la situazione nonostante avessero ricevuto precisi segnali.
Il magistrato francese che ha aperto un'inchiesta penale preliminare su
Eurostat, ha trovato prove di "un'ampia organizzazione di ruberie sui fondi
dell'Unione".

 Il Financial Times accusa Prodi .....
Ma smettila di fare il COGLIONE
scrivendo CAZZATE!!!
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1059479726452&p=1012571727166
Former Eurostat head breaks his silence
By Tobias Buck in Brussels
Published: September 10 2003 20:39 | Last Updated: September 10 2003 20:39
The former head of Eurostat, who was ousted in May after a financial scandal
at the European Union's statistics office, broke his four-month silence this
week, insisting he never hid information on the financial management of his
institution from the European Commission.
In a statement signed by his lawyers, Yves Franchet claims he sent all the
crucial internal audit reports, which form the basis for the allegations
made by Olaf, the EU anti-fraud office, to the central controls service,
beginning in February 2000.
"No comments, nor requests for clarifications about these reports has ever
been made by these services to the director-general Yves Franchet," the
three-page statement says. It adds that "none of these reports leads to the
conclusion that European public funds allocated to Eurostat have been
diverted towards uses not linked to Eurostat".
Mr Franchet's intervention is likely to increase pressure on commissioners
involved in the case, mainly Pedro Solbes, the monetary affairs commissioner
directly responsible for Eurostat, and Michaele Schreyer, who was in charge
of the office that received the reports.
Both insist they were unaware of the problems at Eurostat until the scandal
made headlines this year, when it emerged that the EU's anti-fraud office
claimed to have uncovered a "vast enterprise of looting" at the
Luxembourg-based institution.
The scandal, which involves fictitious contracts and secret bank accounts,
has embarrassed Brussels and led members of the European parliament to call
for Mr Solbes' resignation.
However, Mr Franchet's lawyers insist "there is so far no evidence of fraud
or corruption within Eurostat".
They defend the institution's practice of passing work to outside suppliers,
a practice many observers say was a significant factor in the scandal, while
insisting that shortage of funds gave Eurostat no choice but to outsource.
"[The Commission] turned down systematic Eurostat requests for staff
increases to carry out expanding programmes, leading to externalisation of
some tasks.
"All calls for tender to select external firms have been approved by the
competent sentral service of the Commission," they say.
Finally, the statement complains that "the accused [are] being forced to
prove their innocence in front of media and political circles which have
already condemned them". The Commission declined to comment on the
statement. Additional reporting by John Prideaux in Brussels

 Il Financial Times accusa Prodi ed i suoi collaboratori
Ma come, il FT non era l'organo dei comunisti, il giornale che scriveva
sotto dettatura di Fassino?