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New member states on track to fill up EU posts

The European Commission is on track to fill up posts assigned for officials from the ten countries that joined the EU in 2004, with Hungarians coming out top in filling the bureaucratic jobs.

The EU executive wants to boost its new member state employees from the current 1,627 to 2,180 this year and up to 3,441 by 2010.

Altogether, the commission employs around 20,000 people.

Hungarians have so far filled the most posts, while the Poles and Latvians are lagging behind, acco...

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