Brussels looks more like Washington everyday. Just like former law makers in US go from public service to the corporate world in reward to their loyal service to special interest, comunitarian authorities find really profitable to favor corporate lobby....
Examples brought by Alter EU:
Jean-Paul Mingasson, former Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate General (DG) for Enterprise and Industry (2002 – 2004) and for Budget (1989 – 2002) left the European Commission in 2004 to work as General Adviser to BusinessEurope (former UNICE), the confederations of European industrialists. During his office at the EC, Mr Mingasson was personally involved in the EU’s revised legislation for the regulation of chemicals in Europe: REACH, against which he begun lobbying as General Adviser to BusinessEurope.
James Currie, Former Director of DG Environment and responsible for Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection (1997-2001) has become, since then, a paid Non-Executive Director of British
Nuclear Fuels;
Leon Brittan, former EU Trade Commissioner, became a consultant on World Trade Organisation (WTO) issues at the law firm Herbert Smith, vice-chairman of the investment bank UBS Warburg and advisory director at Unilever just a year after leaving the European
Commission.
Info available at ater eu brouchure: here
Examples brought by Alter EU:
Jean-Paul Mingasson, former Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate General (DG) for Enterprise and Industry (2002 – 2004) and for Budget (1989 – 2002) left the European Commission in 2004 to work as General Adviser to BusinessEurope (former UNICE), the confederations of European industrialists. During his office at the EC, Mr Mingasson was personally involved in the EU’s revised legislation for the regulation of chemicals in Europe: REACH, against which he begun lobbying as General Adviser to BusinessEurope.
James Currie, Former Director of DG Environment and responsible for Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection (1997-2001) has become, since then, a paid Non-Executive Director of British
Nuclear Fuels;
Leon Brittan, former EU Trade Commissioner, became a consultant on World Trade Organisation (WTO) issues at the law firm Herbert Smith, vice-chairman of the investment bank UBS Warburg and advisory director at Unilever just a year after leaving the European
Commission.
Info available at ater eu brouchure: here
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