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NGOs organised a second petition to end the revolving door between EU top officials and business. (Photo: Aleksandra Eriksson)

EU staff blocked from delivering Barroso petition

The European Commission has refused to accept a petition drafted by EU employees urging it to end the “revolving door” between its top management and big business.

The appeal was launched after former commission president Jose Manuel Barroso landed a top job at US investment bank Goldman Sachs, and has now been signed by 152,000 people.

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