Jobs for the Boys in the European Union
February 23, 2010 · Posted in European Union · Comment
There really is no ‘controversy’ here. Don’t they understand that this is the way things work at the EU?
A ‘jobs for the boys’ controversy engulfed the head of the European Commission yesterday after José Manuel Barroso’s former chief of staff was handed the plum job of EU envoy to Washington.
This appointment will be an ideal match to that of Baroness Ashton of Upholland as EU ‘High Representative’. After all, he shares the same qualifications for a foreign affairs post:
Mr Barroso secured the job for his fellow Portuguese Joao Vale de Almeida despite his lack of international diplomatic experience.
