In an open letter to the Irish government on Thursday (23 October), signed by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, noyb, ARTICLE 19, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, plus 40 others, highlights the conflict of interest Sweeney brings to a position that is supposed to police the same firms in which she used to work.
The news is not new, but it’s good that there is resistance. The EU is (and shall) not be like an autocracy where everything follows the single-party rule, but there is obviously an unacceptable conflict of interest.