EU transport chief given new role after taking free Qatar flights
Henrik Hololei, director general of the European Commission’s transport department, was moved to a new non-managerial role after details emerged that he accepted free flights and accomodation from the Gulf state.
The European Union’s transport chief, who accepted free flights and accommodation in Qatar while his team negotiated an aviation deal with the Gulf state, has been moved to another post at his own request, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
Henrik Hololei, director general of the European Commission’s transport department, was moved to a new non-managerial role at the commission, which stopped short of accusing him of wrongdoing. He took nine free Qatar Airways flights between 2015 and 2021, POLITICO reported at the beginning of March. Although that did not break commission rules, Hololei is subject to an internal investigation, and critics have accused him of a conflict of interest.
