( ) -q-23- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “decision ‘with regret.’” The European Union says the American candidate to become one of the bloc’s chief economists will now not take up the position because of the political controversy it has stirred. [CutID: <Cuts> EU-ECONOMIST-house-q-WEDam.mp3 Time: 23s Title: EU-ECONOMIST-house-q-WEDam Out-cue: decision ‘with regret’] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House […]
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After Macron’s criticism, U.S. economist says she won’t take top EU job
( ) -q-23- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “decision ‘with regret.'”
The European Union says the American candidate to become one of the bloc’s chief economists will now not take up the position because of the political controversy it has stirred.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: In a letter to the EU’s executive Commission, Yale economics professor Fiona Scott Morton wrote that she had “determined that the best course of action is for me to withdraw and not take up the Chief Economist position.” French President Emmanuel Macron led the objections to appointing an American to the job. EU Competition Commissioner said she accepted Morton’s decision “with regret.”