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"en.20050113.5.4-045"2
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"Mr President, losing one’s job is one of the most traumatic events a person can experience in a lifetime, and I should like to tell the teachers concerned that I understand their position. The way in which these people were dismissed is reprehensible, and the Commission should apologise for the manner of their dismissal. I repeat, the Commission should apologise for the manner of their dismissal. From a legal point of view, however, the Commission had every right to dismiss them, and it did so not for its own satisfaction or to attract our criticism. The money saved will make it possible to create more jobs, as it cannot be denied that the EU is an over-generous employer. Outside the confines of the European institutions in Belgium an average of EUR 30 per hour would be paid for the same work, or in other words four times less than the figures quoted here. We wronged these people by dismissing them in such a tactless fashion, and they deserved compensation for this. It would be fair to ask, however, whether feeling guilty is sufficient reason to overturn a Commission decision. I thank you."@en1
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