EU hiring of Pat Cox gets severe reprimand

The European Ombusdman, the funereal Greek Nikiforos Diamandouros has issued a surprisingly strongly worded slap down to the European Commission for hiring Uber Euro Elite charmer Pat Cox. He said that he said that the,

The commission's overall approach does not abide by the increasingly high standards which the citizens expect from the EU institutions

This was all to do with the former President of the Europrean Parliament's apointment as a special advisor to one of the Commissioners whilst also working for APCO, Microsoft and Pfizer. Naughty, naughty Commission.

And frankly the Ombudsman's comments could serve across the board.