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Subject of the European Patent Office's Abuses Raised in European Parliament by Ulrike Müller (ALDE)

Ulrike Müller (ALDE)



Summary: A local copy of a bunch of questions asked less than a month ago by Ulrike Müller at the European Parliament, regarding the unacceptable state of affairs at the European Patent Office (EPO)

IT has certainly been a while since we last saw (or heard) the EPO mentioned in the European Parliament, which has no direct authority over the EPO but should definitely be concerned about what happens in Eponia as it grossly violates the rights of European workers.



To ensure long-term preservation of the material we have copied it verbatim (it's probably public domain if not Fair Use):



Parliamentary questions



26 September 2016

E-007090-16 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 130 Ulrike Müller (ALDE)

Subject: Situation of staff working for the European Patent Office

Further to the replies to questions E-009256/2015 and E-000938/2016 can the Commission answer the following additional questions:

1. Bearing in mind that it acts as ‘guardian of the Treaties’, does the Commission see no legal possibility of enabling EPO employees to enjoy protection of their fundamental rights under Union law or of opening investigations into violations of fundamental rights, notwithstanding the fact that overseeing the application of Union law and applying the Treaties are, as specified in Article 17(1) TEU, one of its core tasks?

2. What proposals can it put forward, for instance in connection with future reforms of European primary and secondary legislation, in order to greatly strengthen its hand for the purpose of guaranteeing proper protection of fundamental rights within the EU and hence the EPO?

3. What practical steps has it taken in the current parliamentary term to encourage the dialogue between social partners referred to in the answer to Question E-009256/2015?


Here is the original in German:

Parlamentarische Anfragen



26. September 2016

E-007090-16 Anfrage zur schriftlichen Beantwortung an die Kommission Artikel 130 der Geschäftsordnung Ulrike Müller (ALDE)

Betrifft: Situation der Beschäftigten in der Europäischen Patentorganisation

Kann die Kommission im Zusammenhang mit den Antworten auf die Anfragen E–009256/2015 und E–000938/16 die nachstehenden zusätzlichen Fragen beantworten:

1. Sieht die Kommission in ihrer Rolle als „Hüterin der Verträge“ selbst keine rechtlichen Möglichkeiten, den Grundrechtsschutz als Teil des Unionsrechts für die Bediensteten der EPO sicherzustellen bzw. wegen Grundrechtsverstößen Untersuchungen anzustellen, obwohl die Ãœberwachung des Unionsrechts und die Anwendung der Verträge gemäß Artikel 17 Absatz 1 EUV eine ihrer zentralen Aufgaben ist?

2. Welche Vorschläge hat die Kommission, um beispielsweise im Rahmen künftiger Reformen im europäischen Primär– und Sekundärrecht ihre Möglichkeiten zur Gewährleistung eines angemessenen Grundrechtsschutzes auf dem Gebiet der Union und damit auch innerhalb der EPO maßgeblich zu verbessern?

3. Welche konkreten Maßnahmen hat die Kommission in der laufenden Wahlperiode ergriffen, um den in der Antwort auf die Anfrage E–009256/2015 angesprochenen Dialog zwischen den Sozialpartnern anzuregen?



Hopefully Ulrike Müller and her colleagues at ALDE will reach out and attempt to help workers of the European Patent Office. They certainly need help and Eponia gives them none; all Eponia can give people are rude dismissal letters and disciplinary procedures that often end up in dismissal if not personal bankruptcy and/or physical/mental breakdown as well.

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