2022 discharge: General budget of the EU - Commission

Tabled by Daniel Freund, Sergey Lagodinsky, Ciarán Cuffe, Anna Cavazzini, François Thiollet

Added: 213 a. Notes the creation and subsequent recruitment of an EU SME Envoy which is an Hors-Classe Temporary Agent at grade AD15; regrets that multiple media outlets reported that the successful applicant was ultimately appointed despite having been outqualified in the recruitment assessments by the two remaining female candidates from underrepresented Member States, which questions whether the principles of merit, gender and geographical balance were taken into consideration; notes with concern that the successful candidate is an outgoing Member from President von der Leyen’s own German political party; calls on the Commission to rectify the situation by rescinding the appointment and launching a truly transparent and open process for the selection of the EU SME Envoy;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE760.600