Education
Italy Says …
Reply to latest parliamentary question on the high-profile Lettori case shows that the European Commission unquestioningly accepted Italy’s evidence in the unprecedented and historic third infringement case for violation of…
Education
Answer the Question
For the third time Irish MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú presses the Commission for answers on its conduct and closure of the long-running Lettori case. As a practicing barrister before her election to the European Parliament…
Council of Europe
Troubling questions on a Treaty Injustice which will not go away
Commission comes under pressure to account to parliament for its sudden closure of the long-running Lettori case Irish MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchu has placed a priority question to the European…
Executive Commission Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu
Education
Commission closes long-running Lettori case
Decision precludes a fifth Court of Justice ruling in a line of litigation which dates back to 1989. 07 August 2025 By Henry Rodgers In a sudden and unexpected about-face,…
Council of Europe
Conflict of evidence in the EU’s longest-running discrimination case
FLC CGIL, the country’s largest trade union, challenges Italy’s claim to the European Commission that it has ended discrimination against non-national university lecturers (Lettori) With a hearing before the Court…
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Education
Parliamentary question, A Third Infringement Case Against Italy for Lettori discrimination
Parliamentary question calls for checks on evidence submitted by Italy in an unprecedented third Commission infringement case for non-implementation of the Lettori rulings of the Court of Justice In an…
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Education
Irish MEP seeks to prise open the confidentiality of the Commission’s long-running Lettori case against Italy
Irish MEP Ciaran Mullooly has placed a probing priority parliamentary question to Commissioner for Social Affairs, Roxana Minzatu, on the conduct of infringement case C-519/23 for the long-running discrimination against…
Europe
An open letter to President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on the EU’s longest-running discrimination case
ByHenry Rodgers 13 January 2025 DISCLAIMER: Information and opinions reproduced in the articles are the ones of those stating them and it is their own responsibility. Publication in The European…
Economy
EU’s longest-running discrimination case passes to the in-tray of Commissioner Mînzatu
A letter from Gianna Fracassi, Secretary-General of Italy’s largest trade union, FLC CGIL, has brought the high-profile case of the long-running discrimination against non-national university language lecturers(“Lettori”) in Italian universities…
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Italy’s national broadcaster places discrimination against non-national university teaching staff, Lettori, in the spotlight
Last weekend, Rai 3, a television channel of Italy’s national broadcasting service, aired a programme on Italy’s failure to fulfil its obligations as a member of the European Union. How…