EU hires U.S. expert to manage monopoly Macron questioned
(Agence France-Presse, Brussels, 18th) The European Commission hired American market competition expert Morton to advise the EU’s regulatory technology giants, sparking controversy over conflicts of interest. French President Emmanuel Macron also questioned the appointment today.
Agence France-Presse reported that Macron (Emmanuel Macron) on the one hand expressed respect for the academic achievements of Yale University (Yale University) professor Morton (Fiona Scott Morton), but also questioned whether there are no other candidates for EU citizenship?
Macron noted that neither the United States nor China would hire foreign nationals for such jobs; doing so, he argued, would be “contrary to” his strategic and economic vision for Europe. He wants an explanation for the appointment from the European Commission.
Macron’s comments came shortly after EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager was questioned by MEPs this evening about his reasons for hiring Morton.
Even as lawmakers from both the left and the right criticized the decision, Vestager pushed back, insisting that Morton was the best candidate to apply for the job.
The European Union is currently overhauling the rules governing online commerce, and major U.S. tech companies have lobbied fiercely in the EU to protect their business models.
After the European Commission announced Morton’s appointment last week, French politicians began to raise doubts, with some alleging that hiring an American for the job would present a conflict of interest.
Vestager insisted that Morton’s policy record showed she shared Brussels’ ambition to rein in the monopoly of tech giants.
In addition to serving as a professor at Yale University and the University of Edinburgh (University of Edinburgh), Morton also served in the administration of former US President Barack Obama and served as a senior executive for technology giants Apple (Apple), Microsoft (Microsoft) and Amazon (Amazon). Amazon) consultant. (Translator: Ji Jinling)
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2023-07-19 04:25:50
