French minister urges Brussels to rethink choice of American economist for key EU post

French digital minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Thursday called on the European Commission to reconsider the appointment of American Fiona Scott Morton to a key post linked to the regulation of US tech giants.

The EU executive announced Tuesday that Fiona Scott Morton, a Yale University economics professor, would serve from September as the new chief economist at the commission’s antitrust unit.