GEORGIEVA PLEDGES BACKING FOR OLAF IN NEW EU ANTI-FRAUD COMMISSIONER JOB
October 1st, 2014
THE INCOMING European Union (EU) commissioner for budgets and human resources has pledged support for the under-pressure EU anti-fraud office OLAF, assuming she is confirmed to serve a five year term from November 1. Kristalina Georgieva, a Bulgarian economist and a former vice-president of the World Bank, has pledged to work closely with OLAF, for which she would be the responsible commissioner, and a vice-president under the new commission of Jean-Claude Juncker. “OLAF must deliver fully on its important mandate, with the interests of European citizens at ...
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