{"id":5332,"date":"2017-03-21T08:48:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T07:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/?p=5332"},"modified":"2024-08-27T14:28:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T13:28:58","slug":"epo-anti-battistelli-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/epo-anti-battistelli-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"EPO: Anti-Battistelli letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_432d3f53\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Euro Patent Office (EPO) hit with a wave of anti-Battistelli letters<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"page\">\n<div id=\"main-col\">\n<div id=\"article\" data-cat=\"news\">\n<div id=\"body\">\n<p>Another wave of letters condemning the controversial president of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/?s=epo&amp;lang=en\">European Patent Office<\/a>, Benoit Battistelli, has been sent ahead of a meeting of the organization\u2019s Administrative Council this week in Munich.<\/p>\n<p>The council is due to discuss posting a vacancy notice for the presidency, with Battistelli\u2019s term due to end in July 2018 \u2013 a step that would lead to the controversial Frenchman being turned into a lame-duck president as soon as this July.<\/p>\n<p>Among the letters are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One from an unofficial group of EPO staff (EPO Flier) called on the Administrative Council \u2013 for a fourth time \u2013 to take action against Battistelli.<\/li>\n<li>One from the Federation of International Civil Servants Associations (FISCA) to Mr Battistelli lodging a \u201cformal complaint against what has evidently become systematic mistreatment of staff representatives.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>One from the staff association of CERN to the EPO\u2019s staff union, SUEPO, offering its support in its \u201cbattle to maintain the possibility to perform your union duties in accordance with the prevailing conditions in all international organisations.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>One from the staff representative of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt to German Chancellor Angela Merkel outlining Battistelli\u2019s behavior and asking her to pressure the German representative to EPO to stop supporting the president.<\/li>\n<li>Another from EPO Flier to the Dutch government \u2013 which is reviewing the EPO\u2019s behavior \u2013 outlining its concerns and suggesting questions that should be asked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>By : Kieren McCarthy<br \/>\nThe article \u201cEuro Patent Office (EPO) hit with a wave of anti-Battistelli letters\u201d found here : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2017\/03\/16\/euro_patent_office_hit_with_antibattistelli_letters\/\">The Register<\/a><br \/>\n20170316<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EPO: Another wave of anti-Battistelli letters condemning the controversial president, this week in 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