Pressure to Resign Hits 2 EU Officials
From Times Wire Reports
Pressure mounted on two European commissioners--former French Prime Minister Edith Cresson and Spaniard Manuel Marin--to resign as European Parliament deputies discussed fraud allegations that could also sweep away European Commission President Jacques Santer and the rest of the European Union executives on the 20-seat commission. The commission faces dissolution Thursday if the 626-member parliament in Strasbourg, France, musters a two-thirds majority in favor of a censure motion.
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