OLAF DIRECTOR REAPPOINTMENT BRUNER FRAUD OFFICE
February 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IN a surprise decision, the European Commission, European Union (EU) Council of Ministers and the European Parliament have reappointed Franz-Hermann Brüner as director-general of anti-fraud office OLAF for the next five years. The decision was unexpected because both the parliament and the council had previously announced they preferred alternative candidates and OLAF's performance has been publicly criticised recently. However, a meeting of the three EU institutions on February 7 reappointed Mr Brüner. EU anti-fraud Commissioner Siim Kallas ...
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