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The lobby in the EU Council building: Up to 5,000 staff are expected to cram in for the protest on Monday (Photo: EUobserver)

EU officials begin strike action over pay rise

Up to 5,000 EU civil servants are expected to attend a protest over pay in the glass-covered lobby of the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday morning (14 December).

The strike will not affect a meeting of EU farming and fishing ministers to be held in the same building the same day.

But trade unions have warned they may shut down future events if they do not get their way: EU transport ministers are meeting in Brussels on Thursday. Telecoms ministers are due to meet on 22 D...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

The lobby in the EU Council building: Up to 5,000 staff are expected to cram in for the protest on Monday (Photo: EUobserver)

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Author Bio

Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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