European commissioners that breach conflict of interest rules will be reprimanded in public.
The move is part of a new code of conduct the EU executive says is needed to prevent major embarrassments, such as the Barroso Goldman Sachs affair.
On Wednesday (31 January), commission vice-president Jyrki Katainen told reporters that the new code applies to every commissioner under...
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