The Scandal of the EU Commission and their Revolving Doors

‘The Goldman Sachs employment of former EU Commission President Barroso has placed the EU’s revolving door problem firmly on the political agenda. Although many former EU commissioners have taken up compromising roles with big business before, this is the first revolving door scandal involving an ex-Commission President, a development that has angered citizens, NGOs, EU governments and staff at the EU institutions alike.
Before what is now known as the Barroso scandal, more than one third of commissioners from the former Barroso Commission that existed for ten years from 2004 to 2014 had already taken up roles in corporations or other organisations with links to big business. These new roles were all authorised by the Commission.’
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