Romania’s justice minister has vowed to do everything in his power to block his own country’s lauded candidate for the new role of EU public prosecutor. Laura Codruţa Kövesi won plaudits as Romania’s anti-corruption tsar for her bold attempts to stamp out graft in one of the EU’s most corrupt member states. A letter from the selection panel to the council of EU ministers and European parliament, seen by the Guardian, places Codruţa Kövesi as preferred choice, ahead of a French and German candidate. The selection panel’s choice must be approved by a majority of EU member states and the European parliament, meaning no single country can block any candidate. The European public prosecutor’s office was set up by 22 of the EU’s 28 member states in 2017, including Romania.

Source: The Guardian February 05, 2019 12:14 UTC