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Call for Candidates: Building on Our Success – Local Staff Committee Elections in Petten

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At the end of last year, Generation 2004 once again confirmed its strong position in the Local Staff Committee elections in Luxembourg, retaining the title of the biggest single staff organisation in the European Commission. This result reflects the trust colleagues place in our work and the commitment of our candidates and members. 

We are now launching a call for candidates for the upcoming Local Staff Committee elections at the European Commission Petten site, starting, where the election process is expected to move very quickly.   Continue reading Call for Candidates: Building on Our Success – Local Staff Committee Elections in Petten →

Attractiveness à la Luxembourgeoise: Or How “Stay 4 Years” Became the New HR Strategy

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For years, we’ve been told that Luxembourg suffers from an “attractiveness problem.” Housing is expensive, life is expensive, childcare is expensive and yet, instead of tackling those issues, some now suggest that the solution is… to hold people in Luxembourg for 3–4 years (Point 6 c) to f) of the notice of the competition). This mobility-limiting clause, appearing in some Luxembourg-based competitions, is being used unlike in other sites. 

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Oops… We Did It Again! Generation 2004 Keeps the Lead in Luxembourg

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Generation 2004 sincerely thanks all colleagues in Luxembourg who placed their trust in us during the 2025 Local Staff Committee elections. Thanks to your support, we achieved an 8.4% increase in our share of the vote compared to the previous elections, reaching 28.57% of all valid ballots and  securing six elected pairs, who will represent Luxembourg staff interests in all matters affecting them at both the Local Staff Committee and the Central Staff Committee levels. 

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Unjust Dismissals in EU Delegations: A Dangerous Start to Delegations “Modernisation”

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Staff representation organisations have jointly raised serious concerns regarding the modernisation of the EU Delegation network and, more specifically, the Commission’s proposal to dismiss up to 29 Local Agents (LAs) in the Western Balkans.  In the Delegations concerned, this represents a very significant share of Local Agents in core functions such as Finance, Contracts and Audit, in several cases approaching half of the workforce in those sections.  

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Evere: Temporary School, Permanent Uncertainty 

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When the European School in Evere opened in 2021, it was meant to be a quick fix for the chronic overcrowding in Brussels’ European Schools. Four years later, that “temporary” solution has become home to more than 1 500 pupils of the European School II. Parents, teachers and children have built a real community there.  

The problem?  

Legally and politically, the site was never meant to last. 

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Interested in standing as a candidate for the Luxembourg local staff committee?

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The Luxembourg local staff committee (LSC) elections will take place before the end of the year. Are you interested? Are you a potential candidate? If you’ve ever thought about getting more involved in what’s happening outside your day to day, outside your building, outside your staff category or even beyond the Luxembourg site itself, then this is your moment! Continue reading Interested in standing as a candidate for the Luxembourg local staff committee? →

A side quest to the 12 actions for Luxembourg?

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*Update 27.10.2025 at the Central Staff Committee (plenary no 585) Mr Quest linked these ‘Luxembourg actions’ to the forthcoming  large scale review. Is this a way to squeeze yet more praise out of what increasingly appears to be an abandoned project?

Original article: Generation 2004 is pleased to see the recently-announced agreement to have bills for hospitalisation in Luxembourg sent directly to the JSIS (so a default prise en charge/direct billing). No longer will JSIS members in Luxembourg have to pay bills for scheduled (‘elective’/non-emergency) surgery and then await reimbursement[1], for example. Well done on making this happen! Continue reading A side quest to the 12 actions for Luxembourg? →

Lunchtime event: 12 actions for Luxembourg

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*Update 14.11.2025 Here is the presentation. Thanks to the colleague who provided information for point 5: interinstitutional excellence hubs and linking it to the Luxembourg-specific EPSO competition for data specialists.* *Update 31.10.2025, 14.11.2025 is indeed a Friday. We have corrected the article and send huge thanks to the colleague who reached out to us!*

Original article: Generation 2004 is pleased to invite you to a lunchtime event to look at the ongoing challenge of attracting and retaining staff in Luxembourg (the ‘attractivity’ issue). We will look at the original 12 actions for Luxembourg: those announced in 2022, together with the  default-direct-billing side-quest of October 2025. That’s not one of the 12 actions, not even part of our additional unofficial 13th action (hospital overpricing): is this issue really well-known enough for its solution to impact recruitment and retention in Luxembourg? Continue reading Lunchtime event: 12 actions for Luxembourg →

Luxembourg buildings and staff as figures on a chess board

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Where to start? Maybe start with the end goal, which is to squeeze in all Luxembourg Commission staff in 2 buildings: part of the new Jean Monnet building (JMO2) and the new Mercier-Post (MERP) building and save money at all costs even to the detriment of staff wellbeing.
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