The European Ombudsman has clearly concluded that the Barroso affair is a case of bad administration. Barroso, the former president of the European Commission, is today employed by merchant bank Goldman Sachs.
In her final decision published on Tuesday 24 July, European Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly calls on the European Commission's ethics committee to re-examine this revolving door case, and argues for stricter guarantees to protect the EU from lobbying.
In this regard, she confirms her...