On March 6th, Union Syndicale forwarded to Members of the European Parliament its position on the proposed review of the Staff regulations, together with a number of proposals for amendments. Further to this position and theses proposals, we hereby want to forward to MEPs our position on the numerous amendments tabled in the JURI, BUDG, CONT and FEMM Committees. We have followed the same structure as in our previous submission.

As from the presentation by the Commission of its first draft, in June 2011, Union Syndicale accepted the underlying budgetary constraint to save 1 billion euros during the next financial perspective period, but expresse dits strong opposition to some of the proposals, mainly : ...

Union Syndicale subsequently learned with satisfaction and relief that the Committee for Womenʹs Rights and Gender Equality intended to give an opinion on that proposal. The aspects of the Commissionʹs proposals that we think affect women most particularly are: ...

On 13 December 2011, the Commission transmitted to the European Parliament and Council its proposal to amend the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union.

On 1 March, Mrs Roth‐Behrendt (S&D), Rapporteur for the JURI Committee presented her draft report. Several amendments proposed are directed towards easing problems that would be caused by the Commission proposal.

We have explained why the Commission's proposals creating an "aristocracy" within the European civil service that would exclude secretaries and clerks are unacceptable. If you think this is not so bad because it would apparently not affect current staff and only a small number of future colleagues - read on.