The European Commission gave assurances on Monday 26 February that the procedure for the appointment, with effect from 1 March, of the head of Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s private office, Martin Selmayr (Germany), to the post of secretary general of the institution was fully in line with internal rules on the promotion of high-ranking officials, rejecting accusations made by French newspaper Libération (see EUROPE 11966).
Facing competition from one other candidate,...