Gerade hat die EU-Kommission die US-Amerikanerin Fiona Scott Morton zur Chefökonomin ihrer Generaldirektion Wettbewerb ernannt. Damit wird die Regulierung der digitalen Märkte einer mit Interessenskonflikten überladenen Lobbyistin der Big-Tech-Konzerne übertragen. Morton war
nicht nur für das us-amerikanische Justizministerium, sondern auch für mehrere oligopolistische US-Digitalkonzerne tätig (Apple, Amazon, Microsoft),...
...auch Pfizer ![]()
Die Tante hat aber gestern abgesagt.
Le Monde - Fiona Scott Morton ends up turning down top EU post
The appointment of the American economist, who consults for companies such as Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Pfizer, had been the subject of much criticism.
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On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron said he had "doubts" about the choice. "Is there really no great European researcher with academic qualifications that could do this job?" Macron asked at a summit of EU leaders with their Latin American counterparts. In a bloc of some 450 million people, "is there no one in the 27 member states that has a researcher good enough to advise the (European) Commission? That is a real question mark," Macron said.
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saludos