BRUSSELS: The EU on Thursday said it was seeking answers from Neelie Kroes, a former top competition regulator, as to why she had failed to declare an interest in a Bahamas-based firm when in office.
The Commission, the EU's executive arm, was responding to embarrassing revelations made by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists that showed Kroes had been a director of Bahamas-based Mint Holdings Ltd between 2000 and 2009.
"The Commission was not informed about this and is now seeking clarification from her," said Margaritis Schinas, spokesman for Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker.
"We have strict rules in place and it is important that these rules are respected by all who serve," Schinas said, adding that Juncker had sent a letter to Kroes.
The revelations about Kroes stoked fresh uproar after former European Commission chief head Jose Manuel Barroso took a high-profile job with US investment bank Goldman Sachs, widely blamed in Brussels for its role in the 2008 global crash and eurozone debt crisis.
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