Based on a detailed decision by its Ethics Committee, the European Commission authorised Vice-President Jyrki Katainen on Wednesday 30 October to chair the Finnish public foundation SITRA for innovation as of January 2020.
Mr Katainen will be able to take up his future duties provided, in particular, that he does not lobby the Commission, the EIB or the EBRD for the Foundation on matters within his competence as European Commissioner for a period of 2 years after the end of his current...