EPO 'Cocainegate' Coverage and What a Careless, Apathetic Administrative Council Would Mean to Europe (and to the EU)
Silence about corruption incentivises more corruption
EPO 'Cocainegate' is also an EU blunder because it implicates people who came from the EU and a lot of European media is fully aware of it. But too afraid to talk about it.
Worse: in some cases, it's bribed not to talk about it, not to want to mention it, reluctant to even hear about it! Cocaine addicts got some journalists "addicted" to bribes from the EPO's media campaigns.
Is this a new issue? No, but it has been getting more severe over the years. Yes, we've heard stories in private. I dread what the coming years will bring to European press.
We already have a very substantial amount of material to publish about EPO 'Cocainegate', but we're choosing to cover it gradually and suitably (in a suitable order), which can take several months.
The EPO's Administrative Council will be meeting in a few weeks. We expect that, quite frankly as usual, no large nation (the small ones are bought cheaply by the EPO's dictator) will 'dissent', not even in the face of EPO 'Cocainegate'.
Just like European media, even if the delegates of the Administrative Council remain cowardly and silent, that too is newsworthy. It would serve to demonstrate that very large institutions in Europe nowadays operate like equivalents in Moscow and something must be done to correct this.
We plan to campaign with politicians and many readers can hopefully contact some EPO officials who should - or might - take the matter seriously. If there's no EPO anymore, or if scandals silently devour the institution like a powderised narcotic, then they too will be out of work. █
Earlier this week: Plan for European Patent Office (EPO) Coverage This Month, Next Month, and Next Year