Re: Do they not have...(@ AC)
"Also with all countries having to agree to remove him..."
At first read I also misinterpreted this paragraph in the article: "...who can only be fired before his term ends by the collective will of the EPO's 38-member state Administrative Council".
It's a little bit convoluted, but the way I understand it, it means that the Council as a whole has to reach a decision, not that every member of the council has to agree with the decision.
I'm not in the mood to study the EPO rules* and find whether this is the case or not, so the article might need to be corrected.
Note*: Not now nor never! :-P