Brussels, 22/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - The EU Committee of the Regions has chosen its Secretary General for the next five years, German national Gerhard Stahl, who has performed the duties of this post since 8 October 2003, replacing Vincenzo Falcone. Among other things, Mr Stahl worked at the European Parliament and at the Ministry of the Economy for Schleswig-Holstein. From 1995 to 1999 he was a member of the cabinet of European Regional Policy Commissioner Monika Wulf-Mathies, and from 1999 to 2002 Deputy Chef de Cabinet to Pedro Solbes, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs. In September 2002, he became Director of the EU Committee of the Regions.