Laura Codruta Kovesi, the former chief prosecutor of Romania’s National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), has remained alone in the race for the position of European Chief Prosecutor.

Her rival for this position, French prosecutor Jean-François Bohnert, will be appointed head of the French Financial Prosecutor’s Office, an institution similar to Romania’s DNA, according to RFI.

UPDATE: Jean-François Bohnert told Politico.eu that he wasn’t pulling out of the race to take over as head of head of the French Financial Prosecutor’s Office and that he was still a candidate for the top EU prosecutor job.

Bohnert also declared himself “a little bit sad” to see tweets calling on him to step out of the race, something he has never considered, he said. He also mentioned that support offered to him by German prosecutors. "A lot of people are supporting me and they know I have experience to bring in setting up new bodies," Bohnert told Politico.eu.

Bohnert was the candidate supported by the EU Council to lead the future European Prosecutor’s Office while the European Parliament supported Kovesi. The two institutions failed to reach an agreement on who should be the first European Chief Prosecutor and the decision was postponed until after the European elections. Romania’s Government, which held the presidency of the EU Council in the first half of this year, opposed Kovesi’s appointment and even lobbied against her.

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