29/03/2022 (Agence Europe) – On 22 March, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) appointed German EPP MEP Lena Düpont to succeed Malta’s Roberta Metsola as head of LIBE’s scrutiny group on the Frontex agency, according to a statement. The group was set up in early 2021, after numerous allegations such as those about the agency's pushback practices with the Greek coastguard. A final report was published in July (see EUROPE B12763A17), noting shortcomings in...