Union for Unity
U4U – European and civic trade union for all staff of the Institutions
• Hot topics •
EPSO: Competitions, yet another fiasco that cannot go unanswered !
Following the setbacks experienced in the organization of external competitions, the organization of the “Multiple Choice Questionnaire” (MCQ) pre-selection tests for the recent AD5 and AD6 internal competitions has also encountered significant problems. The Commission must resolve these malfunctions without further delay.
Conflict in the Middle East: We must not remain silent
Why we must take a stand
We, as employees of the European civil service, are concerned about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and the atrocities that have been taking place there since October 7, 2023. These events cannot leave us indifferent.
Indeed, our profession, our mission, is the construction of Europe. A project, values that embody the overcoming of hatred among the peoples of the European continent, marked by numerous wars, acts of pure barbarism, and a genocide that remains vivid in our collective memory.
It is essential to find a political solution that can outline a future for the Palestinian people, without which there can be no future, security, or peace for the Israeli people.
It is our responsibility to promote this demand for humanity and hope.
The Link, October 2025 – N°115
GRASPE n°51
Basing U4U’s actions on principles and values
The 2025 appraisal / promotion exercise has begun.
Here are:
Salaries: German public sector unions are demanding further pay rises
EASA Regulatory agency: dialogue continues and deepens
Regulatory agencies: U4U campaigns for a trade union presence within them
What kind of modernisation is being implemented for the delegations?
Executive agencies: the fight for constructive and renewed social dialogue continues
• Agenda •
Is further enlargement of the EU still possible?
8 October at 12:30 p.m.
Conference in French
With Jean Francois DREVET, former senior civil servant, member of the Graspe editorial board, columnist for Futuribles magazine, author of books on this subject.
Link to the conference : https://urldefense.com/v3/https:/u4unity.webex.com/meet/jps;!!DOxrgLBm!Bs6xkhqI7vp7v0njeB0mVcGf7xLf1D2gmJ8X3iKakIpmaRSVG5sF-BYpDO6oTDo6MEZamxAj9LbZS1aQ1IvXMCP4_LnoUjYUQdllo19Tsix19-uaEg$
Fake news: can we protect ourselves from it?
17 October at 12:45 p.m.
Conference in French
Link to the conference: https://urldefense.com/v3/https:/u4unity.webex.com/meet/jps;!!DOxrgLBm!GFah4UUnRULkF1Z5pfQRHSx0kGW3szA5Sty7qiwl1h9tf9TCVF_-6ueRNcRbULNrQH_A7gdHPyx-unPcDQjF7w4YqvcpEfOdlqkYdy1gYCCtchl7Ow$
We all need to believe, but in what?
In creationism, in the Nazification of Ukraine, in the anti-vaccine theories of US Secretary of Health F. Kennedy Jr., in the remedies of Professor Raoult, in the Nazification of Ukraine, etc. Rumours, beliefs and scams, often fuelled by ignorance, complacency or self-interest, are intimately linked to the history of humanity. And they persist, now relayed and fantastically amplified by social media. Fake news is everywhere.
Is it possible to protect ourselves from it? How can we disentangle the grain of truth hidden at the heart of every deception?
Speaker: Hubert Krivine, emeritus senior lecturer at Pierre and Marie Curie University, where he taught statistical physics. He is also the author of several books on the construction of scientific thought.