The maligned, feared and respected Commission secretary-general, Martin Selmayr, is headed to Vienna to, er, run the Commission office there. It raises the question: What will Selmayr, above, actually be doing? He’s signaled that he wants “a life” after one and a half decades in Brussels: The money he’ll earn as an adviser to Jean-Claude Juncker until October 31 will certainly help.
Tenants of Boulevard du Régent 43-44 (next to a United States mission building in Brussels) were surprised to enter their car park recently and find some of the spaces labeled with a sign reading “Saudi mission” (EU Confidential has seen photos). Emails started flying about whether the Saudis are moving into the building, and special lead whether they should accept as a neighbor a government that is guilty of, among other things, murdering journalists and oppressing women. The Saudi Embassy did not respond to EU Confidential’s request for comment.
NOT PLAYING BALL
The U.K. won’t be nominating a new European commissioner, Boris Johnson said this week. That makes sense as he’s pledged to deliver Brexit “do or die” before the next Commission team takes office.
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