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European Parliament's S&D Group wants reform of rules for appointment of senior European officials

12/04/2018 (Agence Europe) – Amazed at the express appointment of Martin Selmayr to the post of secretary general of the European Commission (see EUROPE 11996), the S&D Group in the European Parliament wants a reform of the appointment procedures for senior officials in all the European institutions, at a time when nine director posts are to be filled at the European Parliament(see EUROPE 11976).  "We are very concerned at the way Mr Selmayr was appointed (...) Our group will ask for a...