Re: What about the EPO?
Bizarre crosspost is bizarre but I've actually done some work for the EPO (Munich end) so will weigh in.
The organisation is a balkanised hodgepodge of contractors and outsourcers. It is living firmly in the 1990s and reminds me a lot of the end of the Jeff Goldblum "Fly" movie, where it needs to be killed at the end in order for everyone to live happily ever after.
Happy to help.