Martin Selmayr appointment scandal

Juncker then informed the Commissioners that incumbent Secretary-General Alexander Italianer would be retiring and suggested that Selmayr take his place.

[9] A parliamentary motion called Selmayr's promotion "coup-like" and argued that it may have "overstretched the limits of the law".

[11] On 25 March 2018, the EC issued a formal statement claiming that Selmayr's promotion was in accordance with legal procedures.

[12] Günther Oettinger, at the time German Commissioner for Human Resources and present at the meeting, described the promotion as "by the book".

[13] On 31 August 2018, the Ombudsman published its report on the matter, which sharply criticised the EC and found multiple instances of wrongdoing.