On 20 May, the EU Council drew lots for eight countries whose European prosecutors will have a three-year term of office instead of 6 years, which is non-renewable, in the future European Public Prosecutor's Office.
The minutes of a meeting of the EU Council's Working Party on Cooperation in Criminal Matters (COPEN), published on 22 May, indicate that Austria, Spain, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal and Cyprus have been drawn by lot.
The founding regulation of the...