Hundreds of emails, conversations and an orange bicycle: Reinier van Zutphen’s long road to the top European job

Wopke Hoekstra underwent a hearing for his top job in Brussels, Mark Rutte took a plane to convince doubters, but Reinier van Zutphen has been knocking on doors for months to become the new European ombudsman. He also paddled around Strasbourg on an orange bicycle. The denouement will follow on Tuesday.

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