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We are still opposed to a reform of the Staff Regulations; we have all already paid the price of the 2004 and 2014 reforms. They resulted in significant reductions in direct and indirect pay and savings on pensions. They have also increased disparities and precariousness without providing the means to mitigate these negative impacts. In addition, they have made it possible to gradually reverse the concessions and compensations that had been obtained by the trade unions (e.g. end of career, pensions, etc.). And the budgetary savings have continued with the current Commission (particularly under the headings of pensions and the European Schools). The 2019 report of the Court of Auditors points out the negative effects of the two reforms of the Staff Regulations on the attractiveness of the civil service, underlining the increasing difficulty of the Institutions to recruit, in particular for certain profiles and nationalities: let us not deprive ourselves of our talents and our diversity!

 

We defend our pension system, as well as the method of adjusting our pensions and salaries to ensure that purchasing power is maintained;

 

U4U is in favour of an increase in the Union's budget, with sufficient resources for a civil service that is equal to its tasks. We advocate a mid-term review of the budget of Heading 7 (human resources: operations, buildings, salaries, pensions, health, European schools, crèches and childcare facilities), to facilitate the implementation of the current European recovery plan - or even to allow for a second recovery plan, which we consider useful.