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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10050
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/administration

Commission asks Court of Justice to annul Council regulation on 1.85% salary increase for officials

Brussels, 06/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - As expected, the European Commission formally decided on Wednesday 6 January to go to war with the Council over the 2009 wage increase for EU civil servants. As proposed by its President José Manuel Barroso, the Commission decided unanimously and without debate to ask the Court of Justice of the European Communities to annul the Council regulation increasing pre-tax salaries by 1.85%, half the 3.7% rise due according to the agreed system of...

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