“With this e-mail, I wish to inform you that the contractual relation between the School of Europe and Prof. Olivier Costa has been terminated at this time,” Federica Mogherini, the rector of the School of Europe and a former EU Excessive Consultant for Overseas Affairs and Safety, wrote to employees and college students on Wednesday in an e-mail seen by POLITICO.
In her e-mail, Mogherini didn’t specify the explanation for Costa’s termination.
When contacted by POLITICO, Costa, now the previous director of the division of European political and governance research, declined to remark.
A School of Europe committee determined in February the professor couldn’t proceed his roles on the Bruges campus after he was discovered to be in violation of the college’s code of conduct by sexually harassing a present scholar.
It was then as much as Mogherini to behave on the committee’s ruling. When reached by POLITICO for remark, Mogherini stated: “Sorry, we can’t remark as we’re certain to confidentiality and [General Data Protection Regulations].”
In February, POLITICO spoke to greater than 20 present and former School college students and employees who have been candid in regards to the highly effective professor, who has deep connections to EU politics. 4 feminine former college students, who have been of their 20s once they got here into contact with the now 50-something professor, shared emails they stated demonstrated alleged inappropriate contact that stretched again greater than a decade.
Within the e-mail to employees Wednesday, Mogherini added that she stays open for any follow-up questions or considerations. “Our door is at all times open.”
