French EU Commissioner Barrot’s secret? Here is the answer, courtesy of EU Observer.

“EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – Nigel Farage, a British eurosceptic MEP, caused a furore in the European Parliament on Thursday (18 November) by launching a strong attack on the French Commissioner, Jacques Barrot. Mr Farage, who belongs to the UK Independence Party, said that Mr Barrot should not be allowed to be a commissioner alleging he received an eight month suspended sentence in 2000 for a funding scandal involving his political party…under French law no reference is allowed to be made to the case in public after Mr Barrot came under a presidential amnesty”

Hmmm, Interesting (and seemingly backed up by the story linked to here). And who was president of France in 2000?

Why, it was Jacques Chirac.