OLAF DIRECTOR APPOINTMENT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HEARING
October 1st, 2005
Keith NuthallTHE CURRENT director of European Union (EU) anti-fraud unit OLAF has been snubbed by an influential European Parliament committee, which has recommended another candidate to lead the embattled institution for five years. The budgetary control committee has nominated former Interpol president Björn Eriksson, of Sweden, as its top choice, ahead of German incumbent Franz-Hermann Brüner. The vote followed a public hearing, where Brüner responded to many criticisms recently levelled at OLAF, notably its spat with the European Ombudsman, who ...
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