The European Ombudsman found, on Thursday 15 July, following an own-initiative enquiry opened in February 2021, that the European Defence Agency (EDA) should have forbidden its former Chief Executive Jorge Domecq from becoming a strategic adviser at Airbus Defence and Space.
The former Chief Executive left EDA in January 2020 to become a strategic advisor for Airbus Defence and Space, but also responsible for public affairs at Airbus Spain. While the Agency has approved his new duties, it...