Commission revolving door rules 'useless' in tackling conflicts of interest

It is a mere eight months until the current college of commissioners are due to leave office and rumours suggest that as many as half of the current crop will not be re-appointed.

The alliance for lobbying transparency and ethics regulation (ALTER-EU) is concerned that the revolving door rules for commissioners are not strong enough to prevent a repeat of the conflicts of interest scandals which dogged the end of the first Barroso commission.