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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8170
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ombudsman

Mr Söderman won't participate in creating recruitment office if age discrimination isn't banished

Strasbourg, 13/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Ombudsman, Jacob Söderman, refuses to sign the inter-institutional decision that would set up a European Recruitment Office, unless there is a provision inserted that bans age discrimination. In a letter addressed to the Presidents of the Commission and Parliament, Mr Söderman writes, "I cannot put my signature to a decision that does not clearly state that the European Recruitment Office will not commit any kind of discrimination" in...

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