The fast appointment to a high civil service publish was mentioned to not have adopted EU guidelines, main the European Parliament to demand his resignation.
In 2019, Selmayr managed to keep away from excommunication by stepping down from his place when Fee President Ursula von der Leyen secured her nomination, a transfer made in response to criticism over the excessive variety of German officers holding high positions.
As a compromise, he was appointed because the EU ambassador to Austria and despatched to Vienna, the place he provoked the nationwide authorities by labeling Austria’s dependence on Russian gasoline provides as “blood cash.”
Selmayr is presently serving as a high-ranking adviser within the Fee. Since February, he has additionally been a visiting professor of European regulation on the institute for innovation and digitalization in regulation on the College of Vienna.
