This post deals basically with law and moral. I guess that is a tough one but nowadays is one of the main topics of the political discussion in Spain.
Today, El Pais publishes an article related to the problem (from an internal perspective)
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Politicos/millon/euros/elpepuesp/20080504elpepinac_12/TesUnfortunately, the article is a Spanish one but I will try to make a small summary.
After the past General Elections in Spain important people are moving from public to private sector but these movements are quite controversial.
Firstly, Eduardo Zaplana former minister and last spokesman of the conservative party is moving to Telefonica because he has a strong relation with Silvio Berlusconi in order to improve relations between Telefonica and Italy.
Secondly, David Taguas former director of the Prime Minister’s Economic Office is moving to SEOPAN which is a kind of lobby of the major construction Spanish companies.
Probably, some of you would be thinking that this is a Spanish problem but … what about Rodrigo Rato (Lazard, Santander and Criteria), Gerhard Schröder (Gazprom) or Tony Blair (JPMorgan). Those persons were also included in the article.
In Spain we have changed incompatibility law in 1983, 1991, 1995 and 2006 but, in my opinion, it seems that this law is still not good enough.
It's a difficult topic as I've said before, but what do you think about this issue? Are you concerned about tunnels between public and private sectors?
