Top EU civil servant Selmayr to quit post: EU Commission

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The European Commission's secretary general Martin Selmayr, whose sudden promotion last year angered EU lawmakers and earned a rebuke from the ...

STRASBOURG: The European Commission's top civil servant Martin Selmayr, whose sudden promotion to that post last year angered EU lawmakers and earned a rebuke from the European Ombudsman, will step down next week, a Commission spokeswoman said on Tuesday .

According to an unwritten EU convention, the bloc's top civil servant, who runs a 30,000-strong administration in Brussels, should mot be of the same nationality as the Commission head.

 

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