At the European Parliament on Tuesday 27 March, the European Commissioner for Human Resources, Günther Oettinger, fought tooth and nail to defend the express appointment of the former head of Cabinet President Jean-Claude Juncker, Martin Selmayr, to the post of Secretary General of the European Commission.
Oettinger told the parliamentary committee on budgetary control several times that during the appointment procedure, the letter and spirit of the regulation governing the status of...