Microsoft conflict of interest fears

Three Dutch MEPs have asked the European Commission to explain why a top civil servant who advised competition commissioner Neelie Kroes on the Microsoft case has been given a year’s sabbatical to work for a consultancy that advises the IT giant. The MEPs want to know what steps the EC is taking to prevent his return.

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