The appointment of Fiona Scott Morton, a former competition economist for the US Justice Department who has also lobbied on behalf of Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, has set off alarm bells in Brussels and Paris. Morton’s mandate would involve advising the EU Commission on investigations into alleged anti-competitive behaviour,...
Agreed ( in retrospect not sure which lady you’re refering to, maybe both?)
Fiona Scott Norton has hardly started her job, and there is already so much controversy about her.
I don’t know anything about this person, but I can’t even start to magine what will submerge and happen, when something really sensitive and tough comes up ( like almost every thing that’s happening lately, GDPR, AI,etc).
European Commission should take their losses, and revoke her application ASAP.
EU defends appointment of US economist in top job despite backlash [has become obsolete as Morton is not taking the job, see the link in the thread] (www.euronews.com)
The appointment of Fiona Scott Morton, a former competition economist for the US Justice Department who has also lobbied on behalf of Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, has set off alarm bells in Brussels and Paris. Morton’s mandate would involve advising the EU Commission on investigations into alleged anti-competitive behaviour,...