United we stand to make fortune tune

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Series Details 19/11/98, Volume 4, Number 42
Publication Date 19/11/1998
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Date: 19/11/1998

Entre Nous' esteemed friends in the EU institutions look set to have a merrier Christmas thanks to their staff unions' success in negotiating a 1.8&percent; pay rise this week.

The salary increase still has to be approved by national governments, but the proposed rise is understood to be in line with a complicated formula drawn up by the Union's statistical office, and should be rubber-stamped without a hitch. “I'm ecstatic,” beamed one happy Commission official after hearing about the increase.

Meanwhile, 'parachuting' frenzy at the institution continues apace.

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