Summary: Belgium's long history of 'neutrality' became a cynical ploy or joke, just like in Sweden or Switzerland; inaction when something illegal is being done isn't good enough
It would make sense for the EU to invest in its own workers and its own software projects, more so now that there are hostile countries both to the east and to the west
In the domain of Free software, there are very few sites out there that offer exclusive coverage on community affairs and there are many gagging/censorship attempts
EPO workers are going on strike because their salaries don't keep up with price increases and tech companies without connections in "the channel" face long delays, low availability, and high prices (no "bulk" purchases), which further solidifies monopolies.
The Local Staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH) has this new paper about Willis Towers Watson (WTW) and its annual EPO-sponsored propaganda, pretending all is well when things are clearly dire
Why does Europe's second-largest institution: 1) curtail communication among staff (including union) and 2) go out of its way to avoid obeying a court order from ILOAT in Geneva?
![Jérôme Debrulle: I 'acknowledged that [illegal] rules were needed, but would need to abstain for the reasons given.'](http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/jerome-quote.png)
