The question of which countries get the best jobs in the EU institutions has always generated strong interest.
Total numbers show that Germany tends to dominate.
Allison Mandry, from the Bruegel think tank, recently wrote about it.
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.