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Hollande says Barroso’s Goldman Sachs job ‘morally unacceptable’

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French President Francois Hollande on Thursday described former European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso's new job advising US banking giant Goldman Sachs on the consequences of Brexit as "morally unacceptable".

France called Wednesday for Barroso not to take the post, with Minister for Europe Harlem Desir saying he was "helping anti-Europeans".

French President Francois Hollande on Thursday described former European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso’s new job advising US banking giant Goldman Sachs on the consequences of Brexit as “morally unacceptable”.

France called Wednesday for Barroso not to take the post, with Minister for Europe Harlem Desir saying he was “helping anti-Europeans”.

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