On Friday 9 September, the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, opened the door to an a posteriori investigation into the controversial appointment of his predecessor, the Portuguese Christian Democrat José Manuel Barroso, to a position with the American merchant bank Goldman Sachs.
In a letter published on Sunday 11 September in response to a request from the European ombudsman, Juncker states that he will ask the Ad Hoc Ethical Committee to take position on Barroso's...