Poles shy away as Hungarians and Czechs win new Eurocrat race

The news follows publication of the results of the first competition for Eurocrat posts among the new EU countries. The lists, which are used by the EU institutions to recruit new people, include 252 Poles, 180 Czechs, and 211 Hungarians, although the latter two are much smaller than Poland. "We are beginning to analyze the reasons behind these results," said Guy van Biesen from the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO). The domestic European Integration Office (UKIE) estimated that Poles would represent 40% of all successful candidates. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) A.K.