The EU's influential former tech enforcer Thierry Breton will join Bank of America's advisory council, he told AFP on Thursday, a move denounced by one lawmaker as flouting a lobbying ban.



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EU's ex-tech chief joins Bank of America as advisor

The EU's influential former tech enforcer Thierry Breton will join Bank of America's advisory council, he told AFP on Thursday, a move denounced by one lawmaker as flouting a lobbying ban.

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EU's Ex-tech Chief Joins Bank Of America As Advisor

Just a few days ago, Thierry Breton harshly attacked tech billionaire Elon Musk. The former European Union Commissioner for the Internal Market had conjured up the image of powerful corporations that had to be regulated in order to enforce EU laws. When it comes to his own regulations, Breton apparently doesn't take it so seriously. The Frenchman will be an advisor to Bank of America, one of the world's leading financial institutions with 69 mil…

Noch vor wenigen Tagen hat Thierry Breton den Tech-Milliardär Elon Musk hart angegriffen. Der Ex-Kommissar der Europäischen Union für den Binnenmarkt hatte das Bild mächtiger Konzerne beschworen, die man regulieren müsse, um EU-Gesetze durchzusetzen. Wenn es um eigene Regularien geht, sieht es Breton offenbar nicht so eng. Der Franzose wird Berater der Bank of Amerika, mit 69 Millionen Kunden eines der weltweit führenden Finanzinstitute.Der Beit…

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Thierry Breton becomes advisor at Bank of America

The European Commission has allowed former internal market commissioner Thierry Breton to take a “lobbying job” at the Bank of America. Normally, there is a waiting period of two years for such jobs, reports Politico.

De Europese Commissie heeft voormalig eurocommissaris van de interne markt Thierry Breton toegestaan om een 'lobbybaan' aan te nemen bij de Bank of America. Normaal gesproken geldt er een wachtperiode van twee jaar voor zulke banen, meldt Politico.

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Europe Commission approves EU commissioner's 'lobbying job', no waiting time - Nieuwlechts.nl

Thierry Breton, the EU’s Internal Market Commissioner and tech enforcer until September 2024, has received special approval from the European Commission to…

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Former EC tech chief Thierry Breton gets top lobbying job, skipping two-year waiting period

The former commissioner, father of the DSA and enemy of Musk's conflicts of interest, becomes a consultant to Bank of America four months after the end of his institutional position. The Brussels rules state that two years must pass, but they do not apply to everyone... “I'm sorry, but I know me and you don't...

L’ex commissario, padre del Dsa e nemico dei conflitti di interessi di Musk, diventa consulente di Bank of America a quattro mesi dal termine dell’incarico istituzionale. Le regole di Bruxelles prevedono che debbano passare due anni, ma non valgono per tutti...«Mi dispiace, ma io so’ io e voi non si...

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Once again, the European Commission has, in violation of its own anti-corruption rules and code of conduct, allowed a former European Commissioner to take up a lucrative job at an American bank. This time, it is the controversial French ex-politician Thierry Breton, who has been allowed to start working at Bank of America just a few months after his top position at the European Commission. However, according to European rules, he is required to …

Opnieuw geeft de Europese Commissie, tegen haar eigen anticorruptieregels en gedragscode in, toestemming aan een voormalig Europees Commissaris om een lucratieve baan bij een Amerikaanse bank op te nemen. Dit keer is het de controversiële Franse ex-politicus Thierry Breton, die amper enkele maanden na zijn topEunctie bij de Europese Commissie aan de slag mag gaan bij Bank of America. Nochtans hoort hij volgens de Europese regels een ontluizingsp…

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