{"id":5992,"date":"2018-08-07T14:49:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T13:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/?p=5992"},"modified":"2023-12-24T14:54:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T13:54:02","slug":"no-further-staff-cuts-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/no-further-staff-cuts-please\/","title":{"rendered":"No further staff cuts please !"},"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 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Florian EDER<br \/>\nwith Zoya SHEFTALOVICH<\/p>\n<div id=\"globalWrapper\" class=\"global-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"super\">\n<div class=\"super-inner\">\n<article class=\"content layout-story sticky-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"content-groupset pos-beta\">\n<div class=\"content-group story-core\">\n<div class=\"story-text has-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"story-intro format-s\">\n<div class=\"summary\">\n<footer class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"timestamp\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><time datetime=\"2018-07-31T07:10:27+00:00\">7\/31\/18, 7:10 AM CET<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The European Commission has urged EU countries not to impose further cuts on administrative spending in the next long-term budget,\u00a0according to an internal paper discussed at a meeting of the College of Commissioners earlier this month.\u00a0The paper, seen by Playbook, rebuffs the idea that working for EU institutions is a cushy gig, notes that the Commission has implemented a 5 percent cut to staff in the current budget cycle and argues that further cuts would be\u00a0both unfair and counterproductive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Unfair:<\/strong> The\u00a0EU institutions \u201chave managed to neutralize\u201d the effects of staff cuts in previous years by increasing working hours\u00a0to 40 hours from\u00a037.5 per week, the paper says. That\u2019s more \u201cthan in almost all member states\u2019 central civil services,\u201d the paper notes \u2014 in an implicit dig at national governments, which are pushing for further cuts. And while EU officials may be entitled to more days off than anyone else, lunch breaks don\u2019t count towards work time, unlike \u201cin some member states,\u201d the paper adds (here\u2019s looking at you, Austria).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Counterproductive: <\/strong>The paper suggests that any further cuts to EU staffing or a deterioration in employment terms would make it harder to attract European employees.\u00a0\u201cEU staff endured a 9.9 percent loss in terms of real purchasing power in the period 2004-2017,\u201d the paper says. \u201cThis compares with a much more limited reduction of 1.4 percent for national civil servants in central governments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expat problem:<\/strong>\u00a0All that makes it more difficult to attract expats from some EU countries, making it difficult for the EU institutions to fulfill the objectives of the staff regulations, according to the paper. Hiring staffers from countries including Denmark, Germany, Ireland, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland and Sweden is \u201cincreasingly challenging\u201d because, the paper argues, changes in recent years have made the EU \u201cless and less competitive\u201d as an employer, compared to private enterprises. Recruits from those countries \u201care already significantly under-represented\u201d in the entry-level management grades of AD5 to AD8, according to the paper.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brexit is no reason to cut EU staff numbers:<\/strong>\u00a0It isn\u2019t that big a deal, according to the Commission &#8211; my story <a href=\"https:\/\/politico.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=e26c1a1c392386a968d02fdbc&amp;id=69b7fd13e4&amp;e=3da85ac8d5\">here<\/a>\u00a0for you.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_large\"><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium with_line width_50 thick_3 style_solid color_primary align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/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><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row 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