The European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, announced, on Tuesday 18 May, the launch of a wide-ranging inquiry into the European Commission’s management of ‘revolving doors’ situations concerning EU staff.
“There is a big mismatch between rules of regulations and what actually happens. I don’t think there is a real understanding of the issue”, Ms O’Reilly noted as she presented her 2020 progress report to some journalists. She stressed that cases of revolving doors, when reported...