How many people work for the EU?

The number of EU civil servants – often derogatorily labelled 'Eurocrats' – based in Brussels has become an important aspect of the EU referendum debate.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: British influence in the EU. Improving British staffing numbers in the European Commission, http://www.europeansources.info/record/british-influence-in-the-eu-improving-british-staffingnumbers-in-the-european-commission-july-2014/

European Commission: European Commission civil service: About us: Staff figures http://ec.europa.eu/civil_service/about/figures/index_en.htm

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