Macron Blasts EU for Hiring American for Chief Economist Job (1)

French President Emmanuel Macron slammed the European Commission’s appointment of an American former adviser to Silicon Valley giants including Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. as its chief competition economist.

Macron said Yale professor Fiona Scott Morton “will have to stand back” from a number of key competition investigations due to her past roles with Big Tech.

Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting of EU leaders, he said he “would be open” to such a hire if Europeans were given similar jobs “at the heart of decision-making at the White House” or in China. He ...