SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice

Wojciech Wiewiórowski, Member States’ favourite candidate for post of European Data Protection Supervisor

Brussels, 22/11/2019 (Agence Europe)

The Polish candidate Wojciech Wiewiórowski was chosen by the Member States’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) to take up the post of European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) on Friday 22 November, following an indicative and secret vote (see EUROPE B12371A26).

With 62 points, Mr Wiewiórowski far outdistanced the French candidate, Yann Padova, who obtained 44 points, and the Hungarian candidate, Endre Győző Szabó, who obtained 32, according to a European source. Each delegation was...