The Tribunal rejects the appeal of an EULEX Kosovo staff member, Liam Jenkinson. It is a genuine denial of rights!

On 9 November the First Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the EU dismissed the action brought by an of former CSDP mission employees who challenged the terms of his dismissal by the European mission in Kosovo (EULEX Kosovo).

Liam Jenkinson, an Irish national, is indeed a very old former employee of the European Union. Since it has been active in its various missions in the Balkans for 20 years. He was first recruited into the monitoring mission (EUMM) as head of telecommunications in the Balkans from 1994 to 2002 (a time when the CFSP and CSDP had not yet been formally established. He was then recruited by the Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUPM) from 2002 to 2009 (as Head of Communications). And, finally, he was recruited by the European Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX Kosovo) from 2010 to 2014 in a series of 11 successive CDDs (as Head of CIS and IT Officer). On 29 June 2014, Jenkinson was informed that at the end of his contract (14 November) he would not be extended. He then filed a complaint before the court requesting the requalification of the various fixed-term contracts as open-ended contracts, and his reclassification as a temporary agent (and not as a contract agent), the payment of various indemnities (notice, seniority, abusive dismissal procedure, failure to provide legal social documents, etc.).

Read the entire document about the appeal rejection by the court from an EULEX Kosovo agent Jenkinson, here.