‘Corporate Lobbying Affects EC Credibility’ http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51290

The intimate relationship between Europe’s top policy-makers and major corporations has been underscored once more in recent days. Barely six months after they ceased being members of the European Commission, Germany’s Günter Verheugen and Ireland’s Charlie McCreevy have been handed lucrative posts with the Royal Bank of Scotland and the no-frills airline Ryanair.