Employees at the European Union have taken the unprecedented step of handing in a petition, signed by over 150,00 people, to their bosses and calling for them to "act urgently and strongly" over the controversial appointment of former Commissioner Jose Manuel Barroso to Goldman Sachs
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A group of current and retired employees of the European institutions, on Wednesday, October 12, presented Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Council President Donald Tusk and Parliament President Martin Schulz, with the 151,000 signatures gathered from all countries of Europe and beyond following the decision of former President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso to join the bank Goldman Sachs.