In Strasbourg on Tuesday 4 October, commenting on the highly controversial appointment of Jose Manuel Barroso by Goldman Sachs and Neelie Kroes by Uber and then Salesforce, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici said on behalf of the European Commission that no extension of the requirements imposed by the code of conduct would have prevented their choice of professional development.
Despite recent cases of insider appointments that have...