This appointment is still not happening. The secretary of state for European affairs, Harlem Désir, called “solemnly” Wednesday, July 13 before French MPs, former President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso ” waive “ to work for Goldman Sachs, and Brussels to change its rules for former commissioners.
the former Prime Minister of Portugal (2002-2004), who chaired the from 2004 to 2014 Committee, was hired by the US investment bank to advise it in the context of the announced departure from the United Kingdom to the European Union.
This hiring “is particularly scandalous, especially given the role played by the bank in the 2008 financial crisis but also of rigging public accounts of Greece “, said the socialist leader. He added:
“Morally, politically, ethically, it is a fault on the part of Mr Barroso, this is the worst service that a former President of a European institution could make to the European project at a time in history when he, instead, need to be sustained, focused and strengthened. “
Change the” code of conduct “
The State Secretary also asked Brussels to change the ” code conduct “, that the commissioners shall, within eighteen months following the end of their terms, apply for authorization from their former employer before joining a private group, but does nothing beyond. “We must extend the period of prohibition to be hired by a private company, expand incompatibilities, strengthen controls” , said Harlem Désir.
“It could be an independent body in which Parliament would be represented in all its diversity and international lawyers to assess the conflicts of interest and prohibit such hiring “, he suggested.
in France, several voices left to the government, have since Saturday strongly criticized the hiring. The French Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, the Socialist Matthias Fekl, described in a tweet, Portuguese “indecent representative of an old Europe that our generation will change.”
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