Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman, director for European Affairs at the National Security Council, reads from his White House performance appraisal as he testifies before a House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 19, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott 

Students hold a banner, which reads "University of Evry Against the Breakage of Education" during a demonstration with teacher and university researchers in Paris February 19, 2009. The protests target a range of reforms, including budget and job cuts at universities as well as plans to introduce performance appraisals for researchers and lecturers. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE) 

Students shout slogans as they hold a banner witch reads "University in Danger" during a demonstration with teacher and university researchers in Paris February 19, 2009. The protests target a range of reforms, including budget and job cuts at universities as well as plans to introduce performance appraisals for researchers and lecturers. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE) 

Students shout slogans as they carry a sign which reads, "Pecresse equals Faculty in Distress" during a demonstration with teacher and university researchersin Paris February 19, 2009. The protests target a range of reforms, including budget and job cuts at universities as well as plans to introduce performance appraisals for researchers and lecturers. France's Minister of Highest Education and Research is Valerie Pecresse. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE) 

A student hold a sign, which reads "Don't Touch my Teacher" during a demonstration with teacher and university researchers in Paris February 19, 2009. The protests target a range of reforms, including budget and job cuts at universities as well as plans to introduce performance appraisals for researchers and lecturers. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE) 

French students hold a banner which reads "Competition, Autoritarism, Precarity, Are the Breasts with lead to the Ruin of Universities" during a demonstration with university researchers in Paris February 10, 2009. The protests target a range of reforms, including budget and job cuts at universities as well as plans to introduce performance appraisals for researchers and lecturers. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE) 

Students shout slogans during a demonstration with university researchers in Paris February 10, 2009. The protests target a range of reforms, including budget and job cuts at universities as well as plans to introduce performance appraisals for researchers and lecturers. The placards read "The government is on the wrong track" and "Pecresse is a threat to education and the environment". REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE) 

France's FSU trade union leader Gerard Aschieri attends a demonstration with students and university researchers in Paris January 15, 2009. The protests target a range of reforms, including budget and job cuts at universities as well as plans to introduce performance appraisals for researchers and lecturers. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE) 

Students hold a placard which reads "Teachers not DVD's" during a demonstration with university researchers in Paris February 10, 2009. The protests target a range of reforms, including budget and job cuts at universities as well as plans to introduce performance appraisals for researchers and lecturers. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE) 

Students hold a banner which reads "Caen's university against the breakage of the public services" during a demonstration with university researchers in Paris February 10, 2009. The protests target a range of reforms, including budget and job cuts at universities as well as plans to introduce performance appraisals for researchers and lecturers. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE) 

Students hold a banner which reads "crisis" during a demonstration with university researchers in Paris February 10, 2009. The protests target a range of reforms, including budget and job cuts at universities as well as plans to introduce performance appraisals for researchers and lecturers. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE) 

Students hold a banner which reads "on strike" during a demonstration with university researchers in Paris February 10, 2009. The protests target a range of reforms, including budget and job cuts at universities as well as plans to introduce performance appraisals for researchers and lecturers. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE) 

A university researcher looks through a banner which reads "Save the research" during a demonstration with students in Nice, southeastern France, February 10, 2009. The protests target a range of reforms, including budget and job cuts at universities as well as plans to introduce performance appraisals for researchers and lecturers. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (FRANCE) 

Students attend a general assembly at the University in Strasbourg February 9, 2009 on the eve of a national demonstration in Paris. The protests target a range of reforms, including budget and job cuts at universities as well as plans to introduce performance appraisals for researchers and lecturers. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (FRANCE) 

Students vote during a general assembly at the University in Strasbourg February 9, 2009 on the eve of a national demonstration in Paris. The protests target a range of reforms, including budget and job cuts at universities as well as plans to introduce performance appraisals for researchers and lecturers. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (FRANCE) 

Students attend a general assembly at the University in Strasbourg February 9, 2009 on the eve of a national demonstration in Paris. The protests target a range of reforms, including budget and job cuts at universities as well as plans to introduce performance appraisals for researchers and lecturers. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (FRANCE) 

Students vote during a general assembly at the University in Strasbourg February 9, 2009 on the eve of a national demonstration in Paris. The protests target a range of reforms, including budget and job cuts at universities as well as plans to introduce performance appraisals for researchers and lecturers. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (FRANCE) 

A civil servant wearing a paper hat chants slogans as he and some 4,000 civil servants stage a protest march to the government headquarters July 9 against controversial privatisation plans. The reforms, announced in March last year, propose to streamline disciplinary procedures, change the promotion and appraisal system and fringe benefits, and link performance to pay. Chinese characters read "Grand march to protect rights of Hong Kong civil servants.

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Civil servants union leaders chant slogans on a podium as 4,000 civil servants participate in a rally against controversial privatisation plans in Hong Kong July 9. The reforms, announced in March last year, propose to streamline disciplinary procedures, change the promotion and appraisal system and fringe benefits, and link performance to pay.

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Around 4,000 civil servants along with their family members stage a rally before marching to the government headquarters July 9 against controversial privatisation plans. The reforms, announced in March last year, propose to streamline disciplinary procedures, change the promotion and appraisal system and fringe benefits, and link performance to pay.

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Around 4,000 civil servants, including representatives from discipline units, carry banners of their unions as they march to the government headquarters July 9 against controversial privatisation plans. The reforms, announced in March last year, propose to streamline disciplinary procedures, change the promotion and appraisal system and fringe benefits, and link performance to pay.

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Around 4,000 civil servants with placards take to the streets on their way to the government headquarters July 9 against controversial privatisation plans. The reforms, announced in March last year, propose to streamline disciplinary procedures, change the promotion and appraisal system and fringe benefits, and link performance to pay.

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