Strasbourg, 08/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - Following the intervention of the Ombudsman, Jacob Soderman, the European Commission has finally agreed to compensate a former grade A4 official that it had not reintegrated following a period of leave for personal reasons and to whom it initially had refused to pay compensation for loss of wages and the reduced pension that ensued. The Ombudsman's investigation demonstrated that the Commission had not, as required by the case law of the Court of...