EU justice commissioner Dider Reynders (l) and Portugal's justice minister Francisca Van Dunem at a pre-Covid council meeting in Brussels (Photo: Council of the European Union)

MEPs: Portugal 'risks undermining' trust in EU prosecutor

Rule of Law

EU Political

by Eszter Zalan, Brussels,

MEPs quizzed the Portuguese justice minister on Tuesday (26 January) over Lisbon's push for a prosecutor to be appointed to the EU's prosecutor office (EPPO) contrary to the advice of a European expert panel.

Lawmakers on the joint meeting of the civil liberties and budget control committee warned that concerns over the appointment of the Portuguese prosecutor could undermine the new EU's prosecutors office.

Belgium and Bulgaria also went against the expert panel's advice when la...

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Author Bio

Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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