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Content <p>Martin Selmayr, known as the “monster of the Berlaymont,” has been nominated as the EU ambassador to the&nbsp;Vatican, Order of Malta and U.N. organizations.&nbsp;</p> <p>EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced on Tuesday in Brussels the <a href="https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/eeas-high-representative-josep-borrell-nominated-new-heads-eu-delegations-upcoming-diplomatic_en" target="_blank">nominees</a> for the upcoming rotation of EU diplomatic delegations. POLITICO first reported the <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/dark-cardinal-selmayr-headed-vatican/" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.politico.eu/article/dark-cardinal-selmayr-headed-vatican/">potential move</a> in March. </p> <p>Known for a <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/dark-cardinal-selmayr-headed-vatican/">harsh leadership</a> approach that resulted in the above nickname, Selmayr caused a stir when he was promoted from then-European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s chief of staff to secretary-general of the Commission in 2018.</p> <p>The quick appointment to a top civil service post was said <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/selmayr-ombudsman-oreilly-wraps-up-job-probe/">not to have followed EU rules,</a> leading the European Parliament to demand his resignation.</p> <p>In 2019, Selmayr managed to avoid excommunication by stepping down from his position when Commission President Ursula von der Leyen secured her nomination, a move made in response to criticism over the high number of German officials holding top positions.</p> <p>As a compromise, he was appointed as the EU ambassador to Austria and sent to Vienna, where he provoked the national government by labeling Austria&#8217;s dependence on Russian gas supplies as &#8220;blood money.&#8221;</p> <p>Selmayr is currently serving as a high-ranking adviser in the Commission. Since February, he has also been a visiting professor of European law at the institute for innovation and digitalization in law at the University of Vienna.</p>

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Hidden blurb --- !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::RSSEntry published: 2024-04-16 14:53:53.000000000 Z entry_id: !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::GloballyUniqueIdentifier is_perma_link: 'false' guid: https://www.politico.eu/?post_type=article&p=4601499 categories: - Brussels bubble - EU affairs - EU staff - Politics title: Former high priest of EU politics Selmayr finds higher calling in the Vatican summary: '"The monster of the Berlaymont" has been nominated for a new role.' url: https://www.politico.eu/article/former-high-priest-eu-politics-berlaymont-monster-martin-selmayr-new-ambassador-vatican-higher-calling/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication rss_fields: - title - categories - published - url - entry_id - summary - content - author content: |2 <p>Martin Selmayr, known as the “monster of the Berlaymont,” has been nominated as the EU ambassador to the&nbsp;Vatican, Order of Malta and U.N. organizations.&nbsp;</p> <p>EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced on Tuesday in Brussels the <a href="https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/eeas-high-representative-josep-borrell-nominated-new-heads-eu-delegations-upcoming-diplomatic_en" target="_blank">nominees</a> for the upcoming rotation of EU diplomatic delegations. POLITICO first reported the <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/dark-cardinal-selmayr-headed-vatican/" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.politico.eu/article/dark-cardinal-selmayr-headed-vatican/">potential move</a> in March. </p> <p>Known for a <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/dark-cardinal-selmayr-headed-vatican/">harsh leadership</a> approach that resulted in the above nickname, Selmayr caused a stir when he was promoted from then-European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s chief of staff to secretary-general of the Commission in 2018.</p> <p>The quick appointment to a top civil service post was said <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/selmayr-ombudsman-oreilly-wraps-up-job-probe/">not to have followed EU rules,</a> leading the European Parliament to demand his resignation.</p> <p>In 2019, Selmayr managed to avoid excommunication by stepping down from his position when Commission President Ursula von der Leyen secured her nomination, a move made in response to criticism over the high number of German officials holding top positions.</p> <p>As a compromise, he was appointed as the EU ambassador to Austria and sent to Vienna, where he provoked the national government by labeling Austria&#8217;s dependence on Russian gas supplies as &#8220;blood money.&#8221;</p> <p>Selmayr is currently serving as a high-ranking adviser in the Commission. Since February, he has also been a visiting professor of European law at the institute for innovation and digitalization in law at the University of Vienna.</p> author: Šejla Ahmatović carlessian_info: news_filer_version: 2 newspaper: Politico EU macro_region: Europe

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