José de la Mata Amaya named as Eurojust VP

José de la Mata Amaya has been elected vice president of Eurojust, the EU agency for criminal justice cooperation.

de la Mata (62) – who is the national member for Spain at the organisation – will serve a four-year mandate and work closely with the recently elected new Eurojust president Michael Schmid and fellow vice-president Margarita Šniutytė-Daugėlienė to "represent the agency and oversee its management," said Eurojust in a statement. He replaces the National Member for Slovenia Boštjan Škrlec, who decided not to run for a second mandate

The new VP, who will take up his duties on December 18, said: "Our agency will continue to collaborate with the judicial authorities of member states, the European institutions and other agencies in the fight against criminal networks, which are increasingly operating on a global scale."