THE complete lack of oversight at the EPO is worse than endemic. Benoît Battistelli made it worse by eliminating one branch of oversight; António Campinos keeps himself invisible for the most part. Every now and then he shows his face to name-drop some buzzwords with accompanying photo ops.

"Maybe if the absurdity of the situation got exposed more widely (not that corporate media would participate; the EPO's management proudly bribes a lot of publishers), the Government of Germany would be inclined to address this crisis of legitimacy."The video above is a discussion of the first 5 parts of an ongoing series (index below) ahead of the next phase of publication. Tonight we're planning to publish EPOLeaks on Misleading the Bundestag. It is perhaps inevitable that after exposing EPO corruption questions will be raised about German government complicity. Someone out there ought to do something. But who is that someone? Certainly not Breton (EU).

Maybe if the absurdity of the situation got exposed more widely (not that corporate media would participate; the EPO's management proudly bribes a lot of publishers), the Government of Germany would be inclined to address this crisis of legitimacy. ⬆

Previously in the series:

1. The EPO Bundestagate -- Part 1: How the Bundestag Was (and Continues to be) Misled About EPO Affairs
2. The EPO Bundestagate -- Part 2: Lack of Parliamentary Oversight, Many Questions and Few Answers…
3. The EPO Bundestagate -- Part 3: A “Minor Interpellation” in the German Bundestag
4. The EPO Bundestagate -- Part 4: Parroting the GDPR-Compliance Myth
5. The EPO Bundestagate -- Part 5: The Federal Eagle's Disconcerting Metamorphosis