Juncker launches probe into Barroso Goldman Sachs job
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has opened a probe into whether his predecessor Jose Manuel Barroso breached EU ethics guidelines by joining US investment bank Goldman Sachs, where he will advise on Brexit.
(AFP) European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has opened a probe into whether his predecessor Jose Manuel Barroso breached EU ethics guidelines by joining US investment bank Goldman Sachs, where he will advise on Brexit.
In a letter to the European Union's official watchdog, Juncker also said that Barroso will now be received at the Commission, the executive arm of the 28-nation bloc, as a lobbyist rather than as a former president.
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