Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #588450 in Books
• Published on: 2000-03-01
• Original language: Dutch
• Binding: Paperback
• 264 pages

Synopsis
Early in December 1998 Paul van Buitenen, an assistant auditor in the Financial Control Directorate of the European Commission in Brussels, lifted the lid on the internal corruption and fraud he had unearthed at the heart of the Commission. This book tells his intriguing inside story.

About the Author
Paul van Buitenen is an official with the European Commission. He rose to prominence in 1998 when he blew the whistle on fraudulent activity among European Commission officials and commissioners. As a result the entire Commission was forced to resign. He lives in Brussels with his wife and two children.

Customer Reviews

Corruption, incompetence and bullying at the heart of Europ
I wish I could remember who said "for evil to triumph all that is needed is for good men to do nothing" Paul Van Buitenen (PVB) is a good man - and he did something for which he is being pilloried and persecuted.

Good Europeans should support Paul. They should write to their MP, their MEP, the press, the Prime Minister .... Good European should put pressure on our political 'servants' for a truly effective change in the way the EU is run. Good Europeans should protest loudly about the awful and evil pressure put upon Paul and his and his family.

This book tells of monumental, unbelievable, corruption and incompetence - but it actually happened - and is still happening. The reaction from the European Commission was sinister and frightening. Support from the European Parliament was pitiful - until the press got hold of the story. Sinister and frightening pressure was put upon this courageous man and his family. After a shameful public exposé, the Commission was investigated by a 'Panel of Experts', but the subsequent corrective action program by Commissioner Kinnock is little more than spin-doctoring and window dressing.

Public minded people should read this book and play up hell with their political representatives. We citizens deserve better than this. The European Union will never work unless truly effective changes are made.

Well done, Paul Van Buitenen - you are a better man than I