Parliament wins its battle: Kövesi to become first EU Public Prosecutor

Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed on Tuesday (24 September) to appoint Laura Codruţa Kövesi, the MEPs’ preferred candidate, as the first head of the newly-created EU Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO).

File photo. Candidate for European Chief Prosecutor, Laura Codruta Kovesi, Romanian, former chief prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (DNA) speaks at a hearing during a Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and Budgetary Control committees at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, 26 Ferbruary 2019. [Stephanie Lecocq/EPA/EFE]

Georgi Gotev Euractiv 25-09-2019 08:35 3 min. read Content type: Euractiv is part of the Trust Project

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