German police official Jürgen Ebner has been selected to become the next executive director of Europol, putting the longtime agency insider on track to lead Europe's increasingly powerful law enforcement body. EU ambassadors backed Ebner in a Council vote Wednesday, selecting the German from a three-person shortlist after weeks of horse-trading among national capitals. Ebner currently serves as Europol's deputy executive director for governance and has been acting executive director since Belgian Catherine De Bolle's mandate ended in May. He was widely regarded as De Bolle's right-hand man, making his selection a vote for continuity at The Hague-based agency.
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