23/09/2015
junge Welt, "Juristisches Niemandsland"
junge Welt (printable version) gives on overview of the current climate at the EPO and the repressive reforms put in place by Mr Battistelli: "Employees have a fake sense of security. Protestors are being spied on and prosecuted." The article reports on the work of the Investigative Unit: "covert surveillance of public or semi-public computers, no right to remain silent and no right to a legal counsel during interrogations".
"A member of the Boards of Appeal was suspended over allegations of defamation. Staff representatives and/or union executives are subject to investigations by Control Risks and, among them, Elizabeth Hardon, SUEPO Chair. Freedom of expression and of association are under severe attack and the discussions on union recognition are just a sham and a marketing trick. The Dutch Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the union, but Mr Battistelli refused to recognise the Court. And so it goes, in the legal no man's land."
Translations inEnglish,French andDutchare available by scrolling through the document.