Almost two years after Slovenia joined the EU 111 Slovenians have been employed at the European Commission, three of them in top positions and 108 administrators, according to a report released in Brussels on Tuesday.
A total of 1,627 citizens from ten EU newcomers have been recruited as administrators, while 74 representatives hold the highest positions, numbers with which the Commission is pleased.
The highest-ranking Slovenian official in the Commission's administration is Zoran Stancic, who has been appointed deputy head of the Research DG.
Slovenia is thus among six EU newcomers that have their nationals occupying the post of director-general or deputy director-general, with two representatives from Hungary and the Czech Republic each.
The plan is to have at least one representative per new member state at such a high position in the administration. A total of 240 citizens from the new member states are to get the highest-ranking jobs in the Commission by 2010, with ten places reserved for Slovenia.
However, the head of the European Commission's Representation Office in Slovenia, Mihela Zupancic, is the only Slovenian with a middle-level administration position, although seven out of 189 jobs have been foreseen for Slovenia on this level.
Out of 111 Slovenians, 81 were recruited as administrators in the top category A, while 27 are employed in the categories B and C, which include assistants' posts and secretarial jobs respectively.
The Commission's goal in 2004 was to have 3,441 officials from the ten EU newcomers by 2010, and at least 134 from Slovenia.
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