- European Commission president reportedly faces claims of ‘tampered’ evidence
- Luxembourg judge opened inquiry into officials working for Mr Juncker
- It will examine whether they were responsible for an incomplete transcript of a covertly recorded conversation
The Times reported that Jean-Claude Juncker, pictured, the president of the European Commission faces new claims that ‘tampered’ evidence misled an inquiry
A judge has ordered a new investigation into whether Jean-Claude Juncker’s officials misled Luxembourg’s judiciary over phone tapping.
The Times reported that the president of the European Commission faces new claims that ‘tampered’ evidence misled an inquiry.
Last week a Luxembourg judge opened a criminal inquiry into whether officials working for Mr Juncker were responsible for an incomplete transcript of a covertly recorded conversation, which may have disguised his alleged role in phone tapping.
The case relates to allegations that officials misled a parliamentary and then judicial investigation in 2012 and 2013.
The transcript was of a conversation, taped on a recorder disguised as a wristwatch, between Mr Juncker and Marco Mille, the former director of the Luxembourg intelligence service.
Mr Mille is on trial for illegal phone tapping.
Eric Schammo, an investigating judge, has now begun an inquiry into whether the transcripts were falsified.
Last week a Luxembourg judge opened a criminal inquiry into whether officials working for Mr Juncker were responsible for an incomplete transcript of a covertly recorded conversation, which may have disguised his alleged role in phone tapping (stock photo)
The European Commission said it would not discuss ‘alleged comments or alleged documents’.
A commission spokesman told the Times: ‘He (Mr Juncker) is very willing to testify as a witness but it happens that he is also president of the EC, so we have to find a date that matches his institutional obligations.’