THE GROUND AND THAT TO PROTECT HIS STOMACH HE RAISED HIS LEG , WHICH THUS BECAME BRUISED . ( THE APPLICANT ) STATED THAT HE HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF THIS . MR PETIT-LAURENT STATED THAT HE HAD NOT SEEN THIS SINCE HE WAS TRYING TO RESTRAIN ( THE APPLICANT ).
MR MOREL AND MR PETIT-LAURENT STATED FURTHER THAT WHEN MR MOREL WAS ON THE GROUND ( THE APPLICANT ) SEIZED AN ASHTRAY WHICH WAS ON THE TABLE TO THROW IT AT MR MOREL AND THAT IT WAS ONLY DUE TO THE INTERVENTION OF MR PETIT-LAURENT , WHO CAUGHT HOLD OF ( THE APPLICANT ) FROM BEHIND TO RESTRAIN HIM , THAT THE TRAJECTORY OF THE ASHTRAY DEVIATED SO THAT IT SIMPLY GRAZED MR MOREL ' S EAR . MR MOREL STATED THAT THIS WAS HOW THE INJURY TO HIS EAR WAS CAUSED . ( THE APPLICANT ) CATEGORICALLY DENIED THAT HE HAD THROWN THE ASHTRAY , STATING THAT IT HAD PROBABLY FALLEN FROM THE TABLE . '
7 BEFORE THE COURT THE APPLICANT ADDED THAT DURING THE MEETING MR MOREL INFORMED HIM OF HIS IRREVOCABLE DECISION TO TERMINATE HIS SECONDMENT AND LED HIM TO BELIEVE THAT HE HAD RECEIVED THE AGREEMENT OF THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF COOPERATION ON THIS MATTER . AT FIRST THE APPLICANT KEPT CALM . HE EMPHASIZED THAT THE TERMINATION OF HIS SECONDMENT BEFORE THE AGREED PERIOD OF TWO YEARS HAD EXPIRED WOULD PLACE HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION BECAUSE OF PRIVATE AND DOMESTIC COMMITMENTS UNDERTAKEN AS A RESULT OF HIS POSTING TO PARIS AND THAT THE EXERCISE OF HIS MANDATE AS A MEMBER OF THE CORSICAN ASSEMBLY ENTAILED ONLY LIMITED ABSENCES , WHICH HE WAS READY TO TAKE AS PART OF HIS ANNUAL LEAVE . NEVERTHELESS MR MOREL MAINTAINED HIS FIRM INTENTION OF TERMINATING THE SECONDMENT . THE APPLICANT , WHO WAS IN DESPAIR SINCE HE FELT THAT NONE OF THE ARGUMENTS HE HAD PUT FORWARD WAS SUCCEEDING IN ALTERING MR MOREL ' S POSITION , GOT UP SAYING THAT HE WOULD HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO BRING THE MATTER BEFORE THE COURT . MR MOREL THEREUPON BURST OUT LAUGHING . ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT , MR MOREL ' S LAUGHTER SUDDENLY EVOKED WITHIN HIM A PROFOUND FEELING OF INSECURITY AND ANXIETY , MAKING HIM UNABLE TO CONTAIN HIS FRUSTRATION .
8 THE COMMISSION STATED BEFORE THE COURT THAT AT THE MEETING WITH THE APPLICANT MR MOREL HAD ONLY INFORMED HIM OF HIS PERSONAL VIEW THAT HIS CONTINUED SECONDMENT TO THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES WOULD BE CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE SYSTEM OF EXCHANGE OF OFFICIALS . WHEN THE APPLICANT EXPLAINED TO HIM THE FINANCIAL AND DOMESTIC DIFFICULTIES WHICH HIS RETURN TO BRUSSELS WOULD INEVITABLY ENTAIL , MR MOREL STATED THAT HE WOULD BE PREPARED TO ALLOW HIM A CERTAIN PERIOD TO SETTLE SUCH QUESTIONS . MOREOVER MR MOREL ASKED THE APPLICANT TO FORWARD HIM FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE EXTENT OF THE DUTIES OF A MEMBER OF THE CORSICAN ASSEMBLY .