European Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)
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Laura Codruta Kovesi, who was sacked in July 2018 as head of National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) of Romania, will be the first head of the European Public Prosecutor's Office. EU COREPER ambassadors backed Laura Kovesi to head the new EU prosecutor’s office
EU member states count EU lead prosecutor as a big step in the fight against authoritarian creep and corruption in several european countries.
A spokesperson for the European Council confirmed today to Euronews that the ballot was held in order to “overcome differences of views within the European Parliament”. MEPs had already backed Kovesi, but the European Council had preferred France’s Jean-Francois Bohnert, leading to criticism that the council was bowing to pressure from Romania.
Laura Codruța Kövesi was the former head of Romania’s anti-corruption unit. She will become the European Union’s first public EU prosecutor.
European Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)
European Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office will be an independent body of the Union responsible for investigating, prosecuting and bringing to judgment crimes against the financial interests of the Union (e.g. fraud and corruption or serious cross-border VAT fraud). In that respect the EPPO shall undertake investigations, and carry out acts of prosecution and exercise the functions of prosecutor in the competent courts of the Member States.
There are currently 22 Member States participating in the enhanced cooperation. The EPPO is expected to start its operation in November 2020.
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