EU Public Prosecutor’s Office will be ‘killed softly for doing its job’ says outgoing chief
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Laura Codruța Kovesi warns that the European Public Prosecutor's Office risks being weakened by under-financing, legislative blockades and lack of support from European officials, criticising harsh corruption at European level. Article Laura Codruța Kovesi denounces corruption at European level: "In Brussels, there is sometimes the feeling that you are above prosecutors, that you are above the law . / "Some politicians talk about an independent …
Outgoing European Union chief Laura Kovesi, in an interview with POLITICO and Nektaria Stamoulis, warns that insufficient funding, bureaucratic inertia and delays in institutional changes threaten the future of the European Public Prosecutor's Office.
At the end of the term of office at the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), Laura Codruța Kovesi fears that the institution will be "suffocated gradually because it is doing its job." EPPO's Attorney General argues that every effort is being made to destroy the institution as a result of the revelations between the illegality of European funds and organised crime.
According to her, maintaining the independence and credibility of the institution is the main challenge for her successor. The article Kovesi in Politico: The European Public Prosecutor's Office risks being "quietly killed" because it does its job appeared first on Documento.
Laura Codruța Kövesi warns that the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) risks being weakened by underfunding, administrative delays and political pressure, even when the institution is investigating more and more fraud with European funds.
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