Belgium's pick for EU Commission faces new graft accusation


  • World
  • Wednesday, 02 Oct 2019

FILE PHOTO: Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders visits Belgian soldiers deployed to the NATO enhanced Forward Presence battle group at Tapa military base, Estonia April 2, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders faced new corruption allegations on Tuesday, days after a prosecutor dropped an inquiry into money-laundering allegations against him by the same man.

The new legal complaint, filed this week by former intelligence agent Nicolas Ullens, could complicate Reynders' candidacy as Europe's justice commissioner.

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