23/03/2015
De Volkskrant, "Baas van Europese octrooiorganisatie voert schrikbewind"
De Volkskrant(printable version) reports on the "reign of terror" conducted by Benoît Battistelli over the European Patent Organisation.
The article points out that "the social conflit at the EPO has gone out of hand". "A suicide at the workplace was not investigated by the Dutch Labour Inspectorate which was not allowed to enter the EPO premises."
The article points out that "the social conflit at the EPO has gone out of hand". "A suicide at the workplace was not investigated by the Dutch Labour Inspectorate which was not allowed to enter the EPO premises."
Concerning the governance issues, the article quotes that "Battistelli controls the flows of money, so [the delegations of the Administrative Council] would be crazy to contradict him.""Characteristic of the behaviour of Benoît Battistelli is the renovation of the tenth floor of the ISAR building which is said to have cost millions of Euros".
The article was also published in the paper version of 21 March 2015.Translations in English, French and German are available by scrolling through the document.