Criticism Storm against Borrosos new jobs – Västerbotten Courier

He was Prime Minister of Portugal from 2002 to 2004, and then President of the Commission between 2004 and 2014. Now that Barroso became advisor to the US investment bank Goldman Sachs in question if brexit met there by a storm of criticism.

– this nomination shows that the European elite which Barroso belongs not feel any shame, says Pedro Filipe Soares, known Portuguese leftist politicians.

Matthias Fekl, French Minister for Foreign trade, Mr Barroso appoints a “obscene representative of an old Europe”. His socialist colleagues in the European Parliament calling nomination for “scandalous”.

Marine Le Pen – the EU-opponent and leader of the National Front in France, is not slow to stab. She wrote on Twitter that the appointment is “nothing surprising for people who know that the EU does not serve people without big business”.