{"id":432222,"date":"2026-02-18T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/432222\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:00:08","slug":"the-eu-offers-about-e6000-a-month-and-a-lifelong-job-but-only-3-will-get-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/432222\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU offers about \u20ac6,000 a month and a lifelong job, but only 3% will get in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels is opening the door to one of Europe\u2019s most coveted careers. After a seven-year pause, the European Personnel Selection Office has relaunched the AD5 competition, the main entry route to becoming a permanent official at the European Commission. <\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> The job offers starting salaries of up to \u20ac6,758 a month and long-term security, so between 50,000 and 60,000 are expected to apply. Fewer than 3% will make it. Applicants must pass tough online tests on reasoning, EU knowledge, digital skills, and policy writing. <\/p>\n<p>This hiring effort comes as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen focuses on bringing in a new generation. Many senior officials are close to retirement, and the institutions want to strengthen their digital skills. <\/p>\n<p> Applications are open until March 10, and those who succeed could start working within 2 years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brussels is opening the door to one of Europe\u2019s most coveted careers. After a seven-year pause, the European&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1341,1294,158055,16776,935,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-432222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-competition","tag-economy","tag-employment-exam","tag-european-commission","tag-european-union","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}