Order — ECLI:EU:T:2025:156
Date: 2025-02-10
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Staff cases - unfounded;Application to intervene - decision unnecessary

Order of the General Court of 10 February 2025 – FB v Parliament (Case T-468/24) 1 (Civil service – Officials – Surviving spouse – Survivor’s pension – Refusal to grant – Article 17 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations – Conditions for eligibility – Duration of the marriage – Force majeure – Non-discrimination – Proportionality – Principle of sound administration – Duty to have regard for the welfare of staff – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law) Language of the case: French Parties Applicant: FB (represented by: M. Casado García Hirschfeld, lawyer) Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: S. Bukšek Tomac and M. Mão Cheia Carreira, acting as Agents) Re: By his action based on Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of the decision of the European Parliament of 13 November 2023, by which the Parliament rejected his application for the grant of a survivor’s pension. Operative part of the order 1. The action is dismissed as manifestly lacking any foundation in law. 2. There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the European Commission’s application to intervene. 3. FB shall bear his own costs and pay those incurred by the European Parliament. 4. All parties shall bear their own costs relating to the application to intervene. ____________ 1 OJ C C/2024/7035, 2.12.2024.