Open letter to Mr Juncker, President of the European Commission
Subject: Need to ensure the effective rebuttal of defamatory attacks on the institutions and their staff by anti-European lobbyists and media
Mr President,
Lettre ouverte à M. Juncker, Président de la Commission européenne
Objet : Nécessité d'assurer efficacement la défense du personnel et de l’Institution diffamés par des médias et des lobbys antieuropéens
Monsieur le Président,
"The day that we no longer celebrate Women's Day, we will have achieved perfect equality."
Ex-Commissioner Viviane Reding once remarked.
We are still far from that day !
In a more nuanced way, Simone de Beauvoir advised:
"Never forget that it only needs a political, economic or religious crisis to cast doubt on women's rights. These will never be acquired rights. You will have to stay vigilant your whole life."
"Le jour où nous ne fêterons plus la journée de la femme, on aura atteint la parfaite égalité."
Faisait remarquer l'ex Commissaire Viviane Reding.
Nous en sommes encore loin !
Plus nuancée, Simone de Beauvoir conseillait:
The EU staff regulations 2014