The Danish government's appointment o
f former Commission Vice-President Henning Christophersen as a member of the Constitutional Convention raises the general question as to the suitability of the Convention's members, the reason being that the Danish representative has significant business interests linked to the work of the Convention, as he has lobbied EU decision-makers extensively since leaving the Commission. He is, for instance, a partner in KREAB, whose business activity consists in disseminating EU know-how on a commercial basis, and he is currently acting as an adviser to East European governments during the accession negotiati
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La désignation, par le gouvernement danois, de M. Henning Christophersen, ancien vice-président de la Commission, en tant que membre de la Convention chargée de la réforme de l'Union soulève la question générale de l'aptitude des membres de cet organe. En effet, dans la mesure où, depuis son départ de la Commission, M. Christophersen est très actif au sein de groupes de pression opérant dans l'entourage des décideurs de l'Union européenne, celui-ci a des intérêts économiques significatifs dans les travaux de la Convention.
