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In the 2026 EPSO competition for administrator positions, 174,727 applications were submitted, nearly half of them from Italy. Germany provided only 11,699 candidates, Sweden 1,804, and Denmark fewer than 1,000. According to Eurostat data and assessments by a Member of the European Parliament, the reasons are high employment and salaries at home and the lengthy selection process in Brussels.
Otabek YusupovEuronews explains how the system of 'fair' representation within the European Commission's staff works: the 'guiding rate' formula, the list of underrepresented nationalities in administrative posts, and the new recruitment rules adopted in November last year.
Aziz KarimovThe 2026 EPSO competition received 174,727 applications, nearly half from Italians, for 1,490 places on the reserve list. This complicates the European Commission's policy of correcting the geographical imbalance: 15 countries, including Germany and France, fall below the target level, while Spain is challenging the new hiring rules in court.
Otabek YusupovOf around 175,000 candidates for the EPSO general exam, almost 80,000 are from Italy. The Commission has already obliged managers to invite candidates from 15 'underrepresented' countries to final interviews, but the blind, points-based test may lead to Southern Europeans dominating the recruitment lists.
Otabek YusupovA record 174,922 applications have been submitted for the AD5 Generalist Competition — three times more than in 2019. Almost half of the candidates are from Italy. The exams take place from 9 to 13 November for those who submitted documents by 10 March.
Aziz Karimov
