Dette er højst overraskende og kommer desuden ikke fra medlemmer af selve Kommissionen, men i stedet fra visse højtplacerede embedsmænd - nogle ganske få, men højtplacerede embedsmænd - der er overbevist om, at de er permanent ansat i modsætning til medlemmer af Parlamentet og selv medlemmer af Kommissionen, der pr. definition er midlertidigt ansat her i en kortere periode.
This is most surprising and, in addition, does not stem from Commissioners themselves but, rather, from certain high-ranking officials - very few, but from some high-ranking officials - convinced that they are permanent members of staff in contrast to Members of Parliament and even Commissioners who are, by definition, interim staff here on a short-term basis.