Appointment of the next EDPS is delayed

The frontrunners are Bruno Gencarelli of the EU Commission and the current postholder Wojciech Wiewiórowski. Laura Linkomies reports.

There is a further delay to an already late-running appointment process of the next European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) for 2025-2030. The hearings did not take place until 16 January at the European Parliament due to the European Commission failing to produce a shortlist of four in a timely manner. While the MEPs’ preferred candidate is Bruno Gencarelli, Head of International Data Flows Unit at the European Commission, the Council favoured Wiewiórowski, who has held the role since December 2019, and was the assistant Commissioner before that. At the time of writing, 29 January, the Parliament and the Council were due to meet to negotiate over the appointment, but it was uncertain how quickly a decision could be reached.

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