The European Commission has said it refuses to comply with the request made by European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly to re-assess the matter of José Manuel Barroso’s “pantouflage” (when high level civil servants work in private enterprise) (see EUROPE 11982).
The former president of the European Commission was taken on by Goldman Sachs and is suspected of lobbying Community institutions when he had pledged not to do so.
In its responses published on Tuesday 8 May by the European...