McCreevy accused of arrogance in EU Parliament

CHARLIE MCCREEVY was harshly criticised in the European Parliament and accused of arrogance for his role in the Lisbon treaty campaign.

The admission by the Commissioner for the Internal Market that he had not read the treaty was described as “particularly disappointing” by the leader of the Socialists, Martin Schulz.

“We have to ask Mr Barroso what kind of people he has in his Commission, particularly if you have someone acting as the deregulation pope in Europe who goes home and says he hasn’t read the treaty and doesn’t understand it,” he said in Strasbourg.