The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, shares the opinion of the European Parliament that the procedure that allowed Martin Selmayr, former head of cabinet of President Juncker, to become the Secretary General of the European Commission involved a manipulation of the staff regulations covering European civil servants.
O'Reilly is not calling for the appointment of a successor to Alexander Italianer, who announced on 20 February that he was stepping down from the position of Secretary...