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EU ombudsman Emily O'Reilly and ex-president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, in 2014. (Photo: European Parliament)

Barroso bank job to face fresh EU scrutiny

EU ombudsman Emily O'Reilly has launched an inquiry into the European Commission's handling of its former president's appointment to Goldman Sachs bank.

She launched the probe on Tuesday (28 February) after a petition by Commission staff urged the current chief, Jean-Claude Juncker to take "exemplary measures" against his predecessor, Jose Manuel Barroso.

The petition, signed by 152,000, said Barroso’s decision to join the bank, which played dirty tricks in EU bank and sovereign...

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