- Starting to wonder about the EU dimension of this. Mandelson was EU trade commissioner - one of the most important EU portfolio - in 2004 to 2008 after all.
- It does not stop. More great FT reporting. www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
- EU angle is starting to come in. This is Mandelson informing Epstein about the €500bn rescue fund negotiated for Greece in May 2010. If I understand the timing correctly, this is while the emergency EU Council was still going on.Feb 2, 2026 16:28
- For those not remembering, the decision to set up the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism (EFSM, precursor to the ESM) needed to be decided on Sunday late into early Monday morning, before the markets would open. Prior knowledge would have been extremely valuable.
- Ok, I did not expect Nigel Farage to push this angle, as he was rather quiet on the whole affair otherwise.
- Farage calls for EU to probe Mandelson’s time in Brussels ft.trib.al/eAGo2wa
- But it is not just Nigel Farage, here from an Irish MEP:
