欧盟委员会日前透露，欧盟最新一轮招聘活动所提供的750个工作岗位吸引了大约5.2万人前来应聘。

    据《卫报》10月15日报道，那些最终获得成功的申请者将会得到一个终身性职位，但他们首先必须在明年面对一个漫长的筛选过程，在此期间，他们将接受有关欧盟法律、政治以及语言技巧方面的考核。

    按照现行规定，欧盟官员在缴税时可以享受一个特殊的低税率，而且有关方面还为他们提供了一系列优惠待遇，诸如配备外交专用汽车牌照，发放医疗补贴及受培训费用等。

    报道说，在欧盟各成员国中，来自意大利的申请者最多，超过了9000人，而排在第2位的则是法国。

    Some 52,000 people have applied for 750 jobs in the European commission's latest recruitment drive, the EU executive said yesterday. Successful applicants will get a job for life, but first they must face a long selection process next year during which they will be tested on European law, politics and language skills.

    EU bureaucrats pay a special low tax rate and are offered a range of benefits including diplomatic car licence plates, and subsidised healthcare and schooling. The highest number of applications came from Italy with more than 9,000 would-be officials, followed by France.