Politics● Low15m ago · Nov 10, 2026, 8:30 AM
EPSO: Italian applicant boom puts EU hiring balance to the test
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from EuroNews [en] · Western Europe
The EPSO generalist exam started on November 9, but almost half of the applicants come from one single country, Italy. This clashes with the Commission's own hiring rules, which favour 'underrepresented countries' to address geographical staff imbalances.
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