Summary: The EPO's very own kangaroo court is said to be scheduled for June, but any sane person knows that it's both illegal and unconstitutional, certainly in violation of several conventions (not that Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos ever let German law, the European Patent Convention etc. get in their way); the European Union (EU) will be a causality of such forceful introduction of an illegal court system (emboldening EU critics/sceptics) , which puts Battistelli and Campinos in the same class as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin (Battistelli and Campinos also funded Belarus -- a fact they want to distract from)
All other things being equal, one could expect the Portuguese political establishment to support Campinos in his reappointment bid. But what if all other things are no longer equal because the former "asset" has in the meantime become a "liability"?
"The "career scientist" - with PhD and research office by their mid-twenties - follows well oiled tracks and institutional signposts, steering away from controversial or "difficult" subjects."
