The EU is moving ahead with plans to set up a European public prosecutor to probe financial crimes against the EU budget.
Heads of state and government in Brussels on Thursday (9 March) agreed to allow a group of member states to set up the office following years of deadlock in a debate that often revolved around broader sensibilities of national sovereignty.
The latest agreement reached at an EU summit opens the door for an EU-level prosecutor with powers to investigate, prosecut...
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