Münchner Merkur, "Seine Herrschaft muss enden"
"The regularity of the protests by the staff at the European Patent Office brings back memories of the Leipzig Monday demonstrations in the days of EastGermany, and, like them, this is a matter of basic rights. Large sections of the 7000 employees accuse their most senior executive, Office President Benoît Battistelli, ofcontinuing abuse of power and of using East German methods - accusations he strenuously denies."
"The Office itself is stonewalling. Disciplinary matters are strictly confidential, and that means strictly no comment as to whether and how monitoring iscurrently being carried out. Insiders have reason to believe that a new guideline regarding video surveillance is in the making."
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