Source: European Parliament
Priority question for written answer P-000286/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Ciaran Mullooly (Renew)
This question concerns the Commission’s actions in Case C-519/23[1] enforcing the judgment in Case C-119/04[2]. Interministerial Decree Law No 688 of 24 May 2023 is the latest legislative measure by the Italian Government aimed at implementing the ruling in Case C-119/04 and granting foreign-language lecturers (lettori) the settlements for reconstruction of career due to them under EU law. However, ambiguities in the Decree Law have led to varying interpretations by Italian universities.
To ensure the uniform and consistent application of EU law in this matter, can the Commission clarify:
- 1.whether, as acknowledged by the University of Milan and other universities, the judgment in Case C-119/04 confirms the right of lettori to career reconstruction settlements covering their entire period of employment, from the date of first hire to the present or retirement;
- 2.whether it remains the Commission’s position that the reconstruction of lettori careers must use, as a minimum benchmark, the part-time researcher parameter, or more favourable parameters established in rulings by local Italian courts;
- 3.whether the contract that has been in place since 1994 at La Sapienza University of Rome, a university whose documentation was cited by the Commission in infringement Cases C-212/99[3] and C-119/04 against Italy, remains contrary to EU law?
Submitted: 22.1.2025
- [1] Case C-519/23: Action brought on 10 August 2023, European Commission v Italian Republic, OJ C 338, 25.9.2023, p. 15.
- [2] Judgment of the Court of Justice of 18 July 2006, Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic, Case C-119/04, ECLI:EU:C:2006:489.
- [3] Judgment of the Court of Justice of 26 June 2001, Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic, Case C-212/99, ECLI:EU:C:2001:357.
Last updated: 3 February 2025