EU ETHICS GROUP CALLS FOR TOUGHER RULES ON EX-COMMISSIONER EMPLOYMENT
September 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) ethics group has called for a tightening of rules regarding jobs former EU Commissioners choose after leaving office. ALTER-EU has criticised the employment of ex-Commissioners Günter Verheugen, Joe Borg and Benita Ferrero-Waldner, who left office in February. It claims the screening of their new jobs by a Commission Ad-hoc Ethical Committee "is superficial and lacks any serious assessment of possible conflicts of interest." Regarding former industry Commissioner Verheugen, ALTER-EU's Paul de Clerck said: ...
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