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Von der Leyen broke staff appointment rules, EU court rules
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Von der Leyen Breached Appointment Procedural Rules, EU Court Says
The EU’s second-highest court ruled on Wednesday, July 23rd, that the European Commission breached its own rules in a senior staff appointment, dealing a setback to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her chief of staff, Björn Seibert. The General Court sided with Commission official James Flett, who challenged his exclusion from a top legal post in trade policy in 2022. The final interview for the role was conducted by Seibert, not vo…
ARTICLE. The Court of Justice of the European Union has annulled a high-level appointment within the European executive, pointing to a violation of internal rules. The concentration of powers by Ursula von der Leyen and his close circle never ceases to aggravate.
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