Word: buitenen
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...page report was only made public when maverick Dutch Green Party MEP Paul van Buitenen broke the rules to put a summary on his website. Van Buitenen, whose whistle-blowing in 1999 helped bring down the entire European Commission, says the Parliament's top brass knew about the fraud for years but decided not to take any action to tighten the rules. "But so far, the Parliament has not been prepared to come forward with concrete proposals to improve the current system," he says. "The Parliament cannot claim to be the conscience of Europe while this is happening...
...President Italy Small parties left and right gained; those in PM Silvio Berlusconi's coalition government instantly demanded more power Berlusconi's Forza Italia slipped, but rival Romano Prodi's center-left coalition disappointed, too Netherlands Antiwar, pro-reform voters boosted the opposition left and whistle-blower Paul van Buitenen's Transparent Europe bloc PM Jan-Peter Balkenende's center-right coalition suffered for supporting the Iraq war, losing five seats Poland Low turnout handed victory to right-wingers and Euro-skeptic populists whose supporters bothered to vote The loss makes leftist Premier Marek Belka's shaky minority government look...
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