Appointment of the Chair and of three members of ESGAB

09-11-2020 - 18:59
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On Monday 9 November, from 17.45 to 18.30, ECON held a public hearing with Aurel Schubert, candidate proposed by Council for the position of Chairperson of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (ESGAB), created by Decision 235/2008/EC.

ECON Members will vote on this appointment, and on the appointment of three members of ESGAB to be appointed by Parliament, on 10 November. The proposed members of ESGAB are Kai Carstensen and Mireille Elbaum, for whom it would be a second term, and Daniela Cocchi. The term of the current Chair and members of ESGAB will expire at the end of January 2021.