Keeping a Secret: The Increasing Equivalence of Civil Service Concepts in the European Union

Abstract

This article analyses some legal aspects of the complex world of public service law. These aspects concern the cutting edge of labour law, EU law, administrative and constitutional law. The current legal status of officials is no longer regulated (or fully regulated) by the sovereignty of the EU- Member States. The national sovereignty of the Member States to retain a specific status for their officials is put under pressure by the EU-regulations and the case law of the ECJ and even also by case law of the ECHR.