In response to the wave of indignation following his predecessor's new job with the investment bank Goldman Sachs, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, said on Saturday 5 November that he plans to tighten up the code of conduct governing European commissioners.
Juncker now plans to increase the so-called 'withdrawal period', during which the permission of the former employer must be sought for employment with a private group, from 18 months to 3 years for Commission...