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Barroso at Goldman Sachs Is ‘Totally Inappropriate’: Moscovici

Barroso at Goldman Sachs Is ‘Totally Inappropriate’: Moscovici

(Bloomberg) -- EU Commission ex-president Manuel Barroso’s decision to work for Goldman Sachs is “totally inappropriate,” EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici said Thursday.

Barroso’s plan to join a bank that was embroiled in Europe’s financial crisis poses an “ethical problem,” Moscovici said on France’s Radio Classique.

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