How can you help a colleague overcome trauma? Conference – 18 November 2025 Bruno Humbeeck is educational psychologist, Doctor in Education Sciences, Lecturer at the University of Mons and Head of the Centre de Ressource Éducative pour l’Action Sociale (CREAS), he works on research projects on school-family relations and society at the Centre de Recherche […]

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Carry-over of annual leave in cases of long-term sick leave Another win of the Central Staff Committee as the administration finally puts in place the long-awaited carry-over automation for more than 12 days of annual leave, for colleagues who had been on long sick leave! With the letter Ares(2025)10708842, DG-HR responded to the continuous requests […]

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Open Letter to Ms Kaja KALLAS By convening a “townhall” only three days after the spectacular police raid at the EEAS premises, followed 24 hours later by the indictment and resignation of the two most senior former politico-administrative figures of our institution—accused of “procurement fraud, corruption, conflict of interest and breach of professional secrecy”— you […]

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Brussels, 3 December 2025 Note for the attention of Mr Piotr Serafin Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration Subject: EEAS-gate – Recent case concerning the establishment of the Academy for European Diplomats at the College of Europe in Bruges 1. Preamble Regarding this latest scandal, it is important to begin by recalling the presumption […]

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Brussels, 26 November 2025 Note for the attention of Mr Piotr Serafin Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration Subject: Concerns and delays in the implementation of the Commission Decision of 12 December 2023 on the prevention of and fight against psychological and sexual harassment in the Regulatory Agencies and Joint Undertakings Alarming situation at […]

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