Fabrice Leggeri, then director of Frontex, in Brussels, in December 2019. VIRGINIA MAYO / AP The director general of Frontex, the French Fabrice Leggeri, presented his resignation to the board of directors of the European border guard agency, in Warsaw. This was accepted on Friday 29 April. The European Commission said in a press release that the deputy director, Latvian Aija Kalnaja, would act as interim director until a successor is appointed. “Frontex must be a robust and efficient agency....
As of: 04/29/2022 6:15 p.m The head of the EU border protection agency Frontex, Leggeri, has vacated the post with immediate effect. He has been criticized for possible illegal pushbacks by people seeking protection in the Mediterranean. Frontex now needs a new line. Fabrice Leggeri is no longer head of the EU border protection agency Frontex. The Frontex Board of Directors confirmed his immediate resignation. Until a new line is found, Aija Kalnaja is to run the agency on an...
EU Border Protection Agency Frontex boss Fabrice Leggeri apparently wants to resign Frontex boss Fabrice Leggeri has apparently submitted his resignation © Janek Skarzynski / AFP 04/29/2022, 12:21 p.m 1 min reading time Not least because of his cover-up of illegal pushbacks of refugees in the Aegean, he fell out of favor. Now Fabrice Leggeri, head of the EU border protection agency Frontex, apparently wants to resign. The head of the EU border protection agency Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri, has offered...
Status: 04/29/2022 12:18 p.m According to media reports, the head of the EU border protection agency Frontex is ready to resign. Leggeri had come under criticism for possible illegal pushbacks by those seeking protection in the Mediterranean. The head of the EU border protection agency Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri, has offered his resignation. The agency's board of directors now wants to deal with it, reports the AFP news agency, citing circles familiar with the case. The "Spiegel" had previously reported that...
The controversial head of the European border protection agency Frontex resigns. Fabrice Leggeri offered this in a letter to the agency's board of directors on Thursday, and he has the document Süddeutsche Zeitung in front. The supervisory board will meet this Friday to decide on Leggeri's future - he has hardly had any support in the board recently, reports the mirror.The magazine political also reportsthat this is also being done under pressure from investigations by the EU anti-corruption agency Olaf,...
