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Bernard Connolly

It is not clear to me what the ruling was against Bernard Connolly and why it was bad. On the linked article I read:

The EU's top court found that the European Commission was entitled to sack Bernard Connolly [...]

What is wrong with that? Isn't any employer fully entitled to fire employees which are critical of them, or for any other matter of their choosing? Unless I misunderstand this article, this is simply an issue of free association and freedom of contract, and not about freedom of speech.

Could someone please clarify what would be the problem with this ruling?

Henry Sturman

by Henry Sturman on Sun, 04/25/2004 - 19:48

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