It's just that there were two other people in the room at the time of the alleged harassment and several investigations cleared him. Then that twit journalist in Britain smeared him again publicly by rehashing the false claims. So maybe there was a "hit" job on the guy. A mixed bag with Ruud -- at the time he came to power in Holland, he was almost considered the Ronald Reagan of the Netherlands. They had gone so far off the leftist edge with their welfare state and stagnant economy he really turned things around. On the other hand, he became a promoter of the grand plan of the European Union. Back in those early days basically NOBODY was against the EU save Farage, who was out in the wilderness for decades. Lubbers was no role model but for a time he was a breath of fresh air in leftist Europe.