Will there be another cycle after the 2026 one?

The EPSO schedule schedules a new lawyer-linguists cycle for the Parliament, the Council and the Commission in July 2027, without specifying the languages.

How many places did the previous cycle offer?

208 successful candidates, across eight languages, for notice EPSO/AD/423/25 published on 4 March 2025. Applications closed on 10 April 2025 at noon, Brussels time.

What reasoning tests did the 2025 cycle include?

According to the parameters recorded in our database: verbal reasoning (10 questions, 18 minutes), numerical (10 questions, 20 minutes) and abstract (10 questions, 10 minutes), with a combined pass score of 15/30. The 2026 cycle will publish its own parameters in its notice.

Lawyer-linguists competition for Parliament, Council, Commission (AD 7): 2025 cycle and next cycle

Competition EPSO/AD/423/25 for lawyer-linguists and legal revisers for the Parliament, the Council and the Commission, at grade AD 7, sought 208 successful candidates in eight languages; applications closed on 10 April 2025. The EPSO schedule announces the next cycle, EPSO/AD/432/26, with publication expected on 4 November 2026, date to be confirmed.

Applications closed

Application deadline: 10 April 2025 (12:00 (midday), Brussels time)
Last verified: 3 August 2026

208
successful candidates sought in the 2025 cycle (EPSO/AD/423/25)
8
languages open in the 2025 cycle

Source: Erudiam database: competitions and competition_tests tables

ContentsKey dates

Key dates
Breakdown of successful candidates
How the tests are made up
Try a question
How Erudiam prepares you
Frequently asked questions
Official reference and sources

Key dates

4 March 2025Reference cycle: publication of notice EPSO/AD/423/25 (OJ C/2025/1273)
10 April 2025Reference cycle: closing date for applications, 12:00 (midday), Brussels time
4 November 2026Announced cycle EPSO/AD/432/26: expected publication of the notice, date to be confirmed
8 December 2026Announced cycle EPSO/AD/432/26: expected closing date for applications, date to be confirmed
July 2027New lawyer-linguists cycle (Parliament, Council, Commission) scheduled in the EPSO schedule for July 2027

Sources: Erudiam database: competitions and competition_tests tables · EPSO

Breakdown of successful candidates

Successful candidates sought

Danish25
German25
English33
Estonian25
Croatian25
Dutch25
Romanian25
Slovenian25
Total208

Source: Erudiam database: competitions and competition_tests tables

How the tests are made up

Test parameters recorded by Erudiam

Test	Questions	Duration	Language	Scoring	Pass score	Eliminatory	Ranked	Weight
Verbal reasoning	10	18 min	-	1 pt/question	15/30 (combined)	Yes	No	-
Numerical reasoning	10	20 min	-	1 pt/question	15/30 (combined)	Yes	No	-
Abstract reasoning	10	10 min	-	1 pt/question	15/30 (combined)	Yes	No	-

Verbal reasoning

Questions10

Duration18 min

Language-

Scoring1 pt/question

Pass score15/30 (combined)

EliminatoryYes

RankedNo

Weight-

Numerical reasoning

Questions10

Duration20 min

Language-

Scoring1 pt/question

Pass score15/30 (combined)

EliminatoryYes

RankedNo

Weight-

Abstract reasoning

Questions10

Duration10 min

Language-

Scoring1 pt/question

Pass score15/30 (combined)

EliminatoryYes

RankedNo

Weight-

Sources: Erudiam database: competitions and competition_tests tables · Erudiam database: competitions and competition_tests tablesScroll the table horizontally.

Try a question

A question from our practice bank, in the format of the Verbal reasoning test.

See the Verbal reasoning test

The demographic ageing of developed countries results from the combination of two dynamics: the continuous increase in life expectancy and the persistent fall in fertility below replacement level. In the European Union, the share of those aged 65 and over rose from around 14% of the population in 1990 to 21% in 2022, while the share of those under 15 declined over the same period. This twin movement profoundly alters the need for public services: health, long-term care, pensions, adapted housing. The social-protection models inherited from Esping-Andersen's typology (1990) (liberal, conservative-corporatist and social-democratic) respond to these challenges in contrasting ways: the first favours means-tested benefits, the second employment-linked insurance, the third universal services funded by taxation. None of these models is fully shielded from the budgetary tensions linked to ageing, but they do not respond to them with the same intergenerational fairness.

Which of the following statements is correct?AThe passage states that every model in Esping-Andersen's typology addresses ageing-linked budgetary tensions with an identical degree of intergenerational fairness.BIn the European Union, the share of those aged 65 and over rose from around 14% in 1990 to 21% in 2022, while the share of under-15s declined over the same period.CThe passage attributes demographic ageing in developed countries solely to the persistent fall in fertility, independently of any change in life expectancy.DThe passage states that Esping-Andersen's typology distinguishes the liberal, the conservative-corporatist and a universalist-Anglo-Saxon social-protection model.

Answer key : B

Text: "In the European Union, the share of those aged 65 and over rose from around 14% of the population in 1990 to 21% in 2022, while the share of those under 15 declined over the same period".

A. Contradicts the passage: the models do not respond to ageing-related tensions "with the same intergenerational fairness".

B. Text: "In the European Union, the share of those aged 65 and over rose from around 14% of the population in 1990 to 21% in 2022, while the share of those under 15 declined over the same period".

C. Contradicts the passage: ageing results from "the combination of two dynamics: the continuous increase in life expectancy and the persistent fall in fertility", not fertility alone.

D. Contradicts the passage: the third model named is "social-democratic", not a "universalist-Anglo-Saxon" model.

Questions written by Erudiam from official EU sources; EPSO does not publish past papers.

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How Erudiam prepares you

Parameters aligned with the notice: every mock exam uses the official durations, pass scores and weightings of the competition, including the combined pass scores.
Spaced repetition (FSRS): it focuses your revision on what you get wrong, test by test, in step with the actual test timetable.
The readiness index (ERI): it tells you whether you are ready, instead of giving you a meaningless overall average.

Frequently asked questions

Not yet. The EPSO schedule, updated on 8 September 2026, announces competition EPSO/AD/432/26 with publication expected on 4 November 2026 and a closing date expected on 8 December 2026, both dates to be confirmed.

Official reference and sources

Official parameters last checked in our database: 3 August 2026.

Sources

Erudiam database: competitions and competition_tests tables, row juristes-linguistes-institutions-2025Erudiam · 3 August 2026 · consulted on 21 September 2026
Erudiam database: competitions and competition_tests tables, row juristes-linguistes-institutions-2026Erudiam · 1 September 2026 · consulted on 21 September 2026
EPSO, Upcoming selection procedures, page updated on 08/09/2026EPSO (European Personnel Selection Office) · 8 September 2026 · consulted on 21 September 2026