
Your search for "Cronyism" produced 13 items.
| 1. A model speaker | July 22, 2010 |
Former Belgian defence minister flies back to high office. From the you-couldn't-make-it-up school of politics comes news that André Flahaut has been appointed... |
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| 2. Where experience really counts | January 28, 2010 |
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Belgian Christian Democrats continue to dominate the Committee of the Regions. Belgian Christian Democrat Luc Van den Brande is about to step down as the president of the... | |
| 3. Where experience really counts | January 28, 2010 |
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Belgian Christian Democrats continue to dominate the Committee of the Regions. Belgian Christian Democrat Luc Van den Brande is about to step down as the president of the... | |
| 4. Learning important lessons | September 17, 2009 |
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Staff tribunal embarrassment has had a huge impact! Earlier this year, the European Commission fell foul of the EU's staff tribunal, which ruled invalid decisions made in... | |
| 5. Selection procedures called into doubt by staff tribunal | April 16, 2009 |
Athens posting ruled invalid after complaints and senior Commission officials accused of cronyism. The European Union's staff tribunal has ruled invalid the European... |
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| 6. World Bank minus Wolfowitz still lacks legitimacy | May 24, 2007 |
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Paul Wolfowitz's departure from the World Bank may end the institution's leadership nightmare, but it will not resolve its legitimacy crisis. The unprecedented resignation... | |
| 7. Shadows of Poland's past need enlightenment | February 22, 2007 |
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Laughing at Poland's government for its incompetence, provincialism and narrow-mindedness is to miss the point. The crusty, prickly conservatives of Law and Justice –... | |
| 8. Bore promises CoR reforms to end ‘cronyism' | November 6, 2003 |
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COMMITTEE of the Regions (CoR) chief Albert Bore this week admitted that the EU institution has suffered from “an endemic culture of cronyism”, but that the reforms he is... | |
| 9. Alleged cronyism costs Polish four their jobs | December 5, 2002 |
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FOUR senior regional farm officials in Poland have lost their jobs following a European Commission probe into alleged cronyism. Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler had... | |
| 10. Change in culture is key to reform | July 29, 1999 |
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"It is not possible to legislate for a culture of integrity, responsibility and accountability," warned the committee of wisemen last week in the introduction to their second... | |
| 11. Bangemann delivers a timely lesson | July 1, 1999 |
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The news that Martin Bangemann is stepping down from his post as Acting Telecoms Commissioner early to take a job with Spanish phone operator Telefónica is bound to... | |
| 12. Former presidency rival shows his mettle at NATO | April 1, 1999 |
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Journalists who attended NATO's first press conference after the air strikes on Serbia began last week had a chance to observe Prodi's main rival for the job of Commission... | |
| 13. Report secrecy can't hold water | March 11, 1999 |
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MEPs are demanding that the committee of wise people produce their report on allegations of fraud, mismanagement and cronyism in the Commission next week in all 11 EU working... | |