Appointment of Ricardo Levi to the post of Director of the Forward Studies Unit at the Commission
Thu 11/05/2000
On 3 May 2000 Mr Prodi, President of the European Commission, announced that Ricardo Levi would be appointed to the post of Director of the Forward Studies Unit.
- What procedure was followed for this appointment? Was the vacancy published? Did other candidates apply? Was there no suitably qualified internal candidate available to fill the post?
- Is this appointment a temporary one linked to President Prodi's term of office, or a permanent one?
- If the standard procedure was not followed, and if the appointment is permanent, would the Commission agree that this example of "back-door entry" conflicts with its stated intentions of reform, openness and promotion on merit?
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