When asked to define her mission, Laura Codruta Kövesi smiles and lets go: “It’s a real challenge. “The Office of the European Attorney General (EPPO) is on its launch pad. But it is since October 2019 that the Romanian prosecutor has been active in setting up this “Legal monster”, as its detractors call it.
It is about unifying and making work in harmony 22 judicial systems and 22 different criminal procedures. Appointments still need to be made for it to be operational. “We are going to have to do pioneering work because there is no model, no precedent. This is the first time that a European Public Prosecutor’s Office has existed. With my colleagues, we will have to define our own rules ”, admet Laura Kövesi.
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