Across the European Union, more than 20,000 wannabe EU civil servants took part in a competitive exam on Wednesday, with a further 21,000 lining up for another one on Friday.
But 97.5 percent will not make it to the final list of successful candidates, says EPSO, the organisation holding the exams.
It is the first ever exam - popularly named Concours - for citizens from all 25 member states and the first in eight years for people from the bloc’s 15 older members states.
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