Published: April 7th, 2022,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025
The sensitive personnel matter at the top of the Directorate-General for Enlargement (NEAR) set alarm bells ringing. Enlargement Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi wanted to make Poland’s EU Ambassador Andrzej Sadoś his highest official, it was said in Brussels’ European Quarter and in the EU Parliament in Strasbourg just a few weeks ago. Not only are the two men friends; both are also firmly in line with their right-wing liberal governments.