This is an interesting debate. Many people say she is the best woman for the job and her being an American who worked for the Big tech is only one added advantage, bringing that knowledge along.
On the other side, this could be a sovereignty and reciprocity issue. A European would never be nominated for an equivalent job in the US. So I find it fair to discuss, but maybe this is a discussion that should have happened before. If there’s no legal restriction to hire a non-European, there’s no basis to attack this nomination in particular.
In any case I praise Vestager for not being afraid of breaking this tabu.
She has a history of not disclosing that she worked with Apple and Amazon, the reason being she doesn’t have too and they don’t break the law. She doesn’t really seem like the type of person you want handling classified documents on the highest level.
This is an interesting debate. Many people say she is the best woman for the job and her being an American who worked for the Big tech is only one added advantage, bringing that knowledge along.
On the other side, this could be a sovereignty and reciprocity issue. A European would never be nominated for an equivalent job in the US. So I find it fair to discuss, but maybe this is a discussion that should have happened before. If there’s no legal restriction to hire a non-European, there’s no basis to attack this nomination in particular.
In any case I praise Vestager for not being afraid of breaking this tabu.
She has a history of not disclosing that she worked with Apple and Amazon, the reason being she doesn’t have too and they don’t break the law. She doesn’t really seem like the type of person you want handling classified documents on the highest level.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_Scott_Morton#Undisclosed_conflict_of_interest_controversy
People who strictly follow the rules and understand them well are kind of the people I want handling my classified documents.
I think if you want to hire the most qualified people, it shouldn’t matter who someone else would hire.