BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission said Thursday that they were examined whether to take action against the excomisaria european Neelie Kroes had not declared to be principal of a firm “offshore” in the Bahamas.
Kroes, who was eu commissioner for Competition and oversaw the digital officer under the mandate of former president Jose Manuel Barroso during a decade until 2014, confirmed to the daily that published a filtration of documents from the Bahamas that I should have declared their interest in the company.
A spokesman for the Commission said: “mrs Kroes now has informed us, and we will analyze and check the information before you make comments.”
Responsible for the EU said that they do not have declared his role as director in the company was a violation of the rules of the EU.
The revelation comes at an awkward moment for the Commission, which is struggling to regain public confidence after the vote british in favour of leaving the EU. Compared to an increase of the nationalist parties and antiausteridad, also struggle to change the impression that it is too close to big business.
The president of the Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, has already made clear the irritation he feels with his predecessor by accepting a job in the us bank Goldman Sachs this summer.
Kroes was also criticized by the Commission earlier this month after publicly questioning the decision of the current commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, to require Apple the return of 13,000 million euros in taxes to Ireland.
A spokesman for the Commission reacted by stating that the excomisaria Dutch now have a job in the transport company of american Uber, which had publicly supported during his tenure as curator of Technology in their legal battles with the organizations of taxi drivers in Europe.
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