Credit Agricole Said to Accuse EU of Bias in Euribor Case

Credit Agricole SA, which refused to settle an antitrust probe over Euribor manipulation, accused European Union regulators of bias and said they should step down from the case, according to two people with knowledge of a letter the lender sent to the EU.

France’s third-biggest bank argued that Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia and his team harmed its right to present a defense by announcing last year that a cartel existed in the case, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private.