Sadly the EU Commission has a huge history of revolving door compensation for its officials and there seems to be no inclination to change this. While it is di

Sadly the EU Commission has a huge history of revolving door compensation for its officials and there seems to be no inclination to change this. While it is different these days, an EU position itself used to be seen as a 'fin de carrière' (pre-retirement) financial bonus for national politicians, coasting out of public life while receiving an (in their eyes) earned sweet deal for years of laboring in the national political trenches.