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Videos and Slides From the EPO's Staff Representatives Explaining Salary Decreases

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 23, 2025,
updated Nov 23, 2025

Last month: Is the Second-Largest Institution in Europe (EPO) Gradually Becoming More Like a Sweatshop?

The EPO under Benoît Battistelli took away many permanent contracts. His friend António Campinos, together with his "Mafia", is taking away money from staff.

Before the weekend the Local Staff Committee Munich, Haar & Brussels circulated a summary of a recent meeting, by sharing both videos of the sessions and also the slides. The overview of it all said:

Örtlicher Personalausschuss München Innenstadt, Haar und Brüssel
Local Staff Committee Munich City, Haar and Brussels
Le Comité local du Personnel de Munich Ville, Haar et Bruxelles

Munich, 19-11-2025
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Report on the General Assembly of Thursday 13 November

[...]

Dear Colleagues,

On Thursday 13 November, 700 colleagues followed a General Assembly of the Local Staff Committee Munich, Haar & Brussels (LSCMN).

The LSCMN wanted to timely inform staff that after 6 years of application of the salary adjustment procedure introduced in 2020, the on-going review reveals a severe erosion of the salaries of EPO staff. The presented slides can be found at the link below:

• Salary Erosion Procedure – How much we lost since 2020

[...]

In advance of the General Consultative Committee (GCC) meeting of 17 November 2025, the Central Staff Committee (CSC) has sent out written comments to the administration.

We would like to thank everybody for their participation and for submitting questions during the event. EPO staff showed a clear interest in the erosion of their salaries over the last six years.

The videos of the General Assembly can be found at the link below:

• Presentation of the slides

• Q&A session

It is time to repair the damage caused to staff and our Organisation.

Sincerely yours,

The Local Staff Committee Munich, Haar & Brussels

[...]

There's the video of the General Assembly:

LSCMN General Assembly from Thursday 13 November, at 14.00 hrs

The Q&A session:

LSCMN General Assembly from Thursday 13 November 2025, at 14.00 hrs, Q and A

The main presentation slides:

Salary Erosion Procedure

Historical salary adjustment procedure

The 2020 reform: The (alleged) gap

The 2020 reform: The salary increase assumption

The 2020 reform: The cap

The 2020 reform: The early warnings

sustainability clause caused average growth of salary mass of Eurozone inflation -0.2%

Loss from underlying methodology: 2020-2025

Loss of purchasing power: 2020-2025

Comparison with costs of livings in places of employment (HICP Belgium x PPP)

Loss of parallelism with civil servants: 2020-2025

Below benchmark with other International Organisations

Below benchmark with other International Organisations

2025 reactions from the actors of the reform

What the President also promised to staff

SUEPO litigation against salary adjustment procedure 2020 still pending (ILOAT)

Later today we'll get back to covering EPO 'Cocainegate'. Cocaine isn't cheap; plundering EPO staff to give more to managers (and their family/friends) isn't OK. █

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