Europol staff shortlist (1)
01 January 1991
Europol staff shortlist
artdoc July=1994
The staff for the top posts in Europol, the new European Union
police organisation, are now bring considered by the K4 Committee
in Brussels.The posts to be filled are those of Director of
Europol, Deputy Director (Administration) and Deputy Director
(Information). The interviews are being undertaken by the K4
Committee - which is comprised of twelve senior Interior Ministry
officials, one from each of the EU states. It will recommend to
the Council of Justice and Interior Ministers who should be
appointed to the three posts (see Feature: on the draft Europol
Convention p16). The selection process is partly based on the
abilities of particular candidates and partly on the ?trading?
that takes place on which country?s turn is it to get a top
appointment.
The K4 Committee agreed the procedures for the interviews at
its meeting on 3/4 February and interviewed the 12 candidates for
the three posts over the following three weeks. The candidates
for the post of Director are: Mr Meca (Portugal), Mr B.Reynolds
(UK, Deputy Chief Constable for Thames Valley police force), Mr
Storbeck (Germany) and Mr Tourre (France). For Deputy Director
(Administration): Mr Makiagas (Greece), Mr Rauchs (Luxembourg),
Mr D Valls-Russell (UK, Chief Superintendent in the Kent police
force; who set up the Channel Tunnel Policing Unit). For Deputy
Director (Information): Mr Boocock (UK, a Detective Chief
Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police force), Colonel
Bruggeman (Belgium), Mr Aranda Guuerrero (Spain), Mr Marotta
(Italy) and Mr Tassiopoulos Nikolaos (Greece).
As a result of the first round of interviews only one of the
UK candidates is still in the running, Mr Valls-Russell for the
Deputy Director (Administration) post. Colonel Bruggemann is
thought to be the strongest candidate for the Deputy Director
(Information) post as he has been working with the European Drug
Unit (the first arm of Europol to be set up).
Each of the candidates has been assessed on certain criteria.
For example, the candidates for the Director were assessed on:
experience of managing a large police force; experience in police
cooperation; experience in the fight against international crime;
knowledge of international treaties and conventions, plus their
university background and knowledge of foreign languages. After
the first interviews Mr Storbeck was in the lead for the Director
post with 146.8 points out of a maximum of 180 with Mr Tourre
second with 132, and Mr Reynolds third with 127.5.
A briefing note prepared for the Belgian representative on the
K4 Committee gives an insight into the politiking that goes into
appointments at this level. While expressing support for the
Belgian candidate Colonel Bruggemann it goes on to say that
Belgium could support the UK candidate for Deputy Director
(Administration), `who gave a good impression at the inerview?
in order to bring together `the non-Schengen votes to elect our
representative. The Note says that the Belgian Foreign Ministry
had been told that the southern European countries who find it
hard to accept a situation:
`where they would have no representatives within Europol. The
French candidate, although he did not give a very good impression
at the interview, could represent the southern European
countries.'
Work of the interview Committee for the recruitment of staff for
UDE/Europol, Memorandum from the Presidency, European Union
Council, Brussels, 23 February 1994, SECRET; Briefing Note to
Belgian delegation.
Statewatch, vol 4 no 3, May-June 1994