EU staff revolt over Gaza stance – Politico (2025-08-12)
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-staff-revolt-over-gaza-inaction-grows-israel-protest-war-crimes/
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>> A growing number of staff argue that the bloc’s failure to exert pressure on Israel while it’s accused of committing war crimes in Gaza makes it impossible for them to perform their duties without breaching EU and international law.
>> EU institutions have imposed “complicity” on employees and violated their “moral and legal obligations, suppressed conscientious resistance and delayed meaningful action,” one official … told POLITICO.
>> An internal letter seen by POLITICO sent last month to EU leadership by internal pro-Palestinian solidarity group EU Staff for Peace said some forms of protest have been subject to “intimidation” tactics, including alleged manhandling by security officials, unfair termination of contracts and a crackdown on an internal petition…
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------>> We are a group of EU civil servants and retired staff. Loyal to the institutions we serve and committed to the principles enshrined in the EU Treaties, we find the EU’s inaction towards the man-made crisis in Gaza untenable…
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