The publication of the results of the AST 3/4 and AD 10/12 competitions has shown what R&D had forecast and from the beginning (link 1 – link 2). Although the idea of these internal competitions was originally conceived as a method to alleviate the injustice that POST 2004 colleagues suffered regarding their grading on recruitment; these […]
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A career structure ought to allow everyone the greatest personal fulfilment: experience and merit are the cornerstones of a freely chosen career
Dear Colleagues, Many of you have lodged a complaint “Career blockage” at the end of March 2014. We felt at that time, that it was necessary, to avoid any risk relating to the admissibility of the complaints, to introduce directly against Article 45 of the new Staff Regulations a complaint on the basis of Article […]
Read moreR&D congratulates the happy “clients” from cabinet BARROSO, TAJANI, FULE and REDING click here on their recent appointment as Director or Advisor and would like to offer them a gift: a parachute with their initials embroidered with gold thread. Enough is Enough! While thousands of young officials will fail the internal competitions, while thousands of civil […]
Read moreFor several weeks, R&D reported a real invasion of “parachutists” jumping from all floors of the Berlaymont to senior management posts which were freed in advance, sometimes by thanking acting colleagues who often occupied those posts for months… These nominations and career accelerations are all the more unacceptable when the post-2004 colleagues still have […]
Read moreFaced with the disastrous consequences of the Kinnock Reform, R&D continues to plead for regular internal competitions, to repair the damage suffered by the post-2004 colleagues. However, R&D is firmly opposed to the organizational arrangements imposed by the Commission for the ongoing competitions. In particular, as explained in our previous communiques, R&D pointed out its strong disagreement on several issues […]
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