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New National Member for Hungary at Eurojust takes up duties

Source: Eurojust

Ms Eszter Mária Köpf 

Commenting on her new role as National Member, Ms Köpf stated: As prosecutor specialising in international and European cases, it is a great honour to continue my career as National Member at Eurojust, especially during the forthcoming EU Presidency. It is a priority for me to assist Hungarian prosecutors in their everyday cross-border work and to be a useful member of the College in strengthening European judicial cooperation. After decades, it’s a fantastic experience to return to the picturesque Netherlands.

Having started as a prosecutor in 1996, Ms Köpf has extensive experience in international and European legal affairs. She led the Department for International and European Affairs of the Hungarian Office of the Prosecutor General between 2004 and 2019, before becoming the head of the Division for International Legal Assistance Cases. Ms Köpf also received the Magyar István Prize of the Hungarian Prosecution Service in 2021.

The new National Member for Hungary graduated in law and political science from Eötvös Lóránd University in 1996, while also obtaining a degree in history from the same institution. In 1997, she completed her Master of Laws in Comparative European Law at the University of Groningen, in the Netherlands, and did her bar exam in 2000. Additionally, she graduated in European Law from Pázmány Péter Catholic University in 2011.

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Mr Erik Fågelsbo new National Member for Sweden at Eurojust

Source: Eurojust

Mr Erik Fågelsbo has been formally appointed as the new National Member for Sweden at Eurojust. He will succeed Ms Marie Lind Thomsen, with whom he has been working at the Agency as Deputy National Member since March 2020. He already served as acting National Member since July last year. Mr Fågelsbo has long-standing experience in international judicial cooperation, working as Justice and Home Affairs Counsellor at the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union, among other roles.

Upon his appointment as National Member for Sweden, Mr Fågelsbo stated: ‘It is a true privilege to continue working for Eurojust in this new position, in which I will ensure Sweden’s continued support to Eurojust. I particularly look forward to the work we will do on the evaluation of the Eurojust Regulation. This will be an excellent opportunity to further fine-tune our activities and to enhance the cooperation with all our partners who are fostering judicial cooperation across the European Union and beyond’. 

The new National Member for Sweden has been appointed for a period of five years. He graduated in law at Stockholm University in 1998 and started as a public prosecutor in 2000. In 2004, Mr Fågelsbo served as legal advisor to the Swedish armed forces in Kosovo and held the rank of major. From 2005 until 2010, he again worked as a public prosecutor in the National Unit Against Corruption, also in a senior role. 

Between September 2010 and December 2011, Mr Fågelsbo worked as Seconded National Expert and assistant to the National Member for Sweden at Eurojust, before becoming a legal advisor at the Swedish Ministry for Justice. In this role, he managed the mutual evaluations on the implementation of the Eurojust legal framework by Sweden.

From February 2015 until August 2019, the new National Member worked at the Swedish Representation to the EU in Brussels, where he was involved in the Regulation on Freezing and Confiscation. In this capacity, Mr Fågelsbo was also responsible for the negotiations on the new Eurojust Regulation and the start of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). From September 2019 until February 2020, before rejoining Eurojust, he was a temporary judge in the Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm.