49As the Court of Human Rights has held in that regard, it must ‘[be borne in mind] that whenever civil servants’ right to freedom of expression is in issue the “duties and responsibilities” referred to in Article 10(2) assume a special significance, which justifies leaving to the national authorities a certain margin of appreciation in determining whether the impugned interference is proportionate to the above aim' (see Eur. Court H. R. Vogt v Germany, cited above; Ahmed and Others v United Kingdom judgment of 2 September 1998, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998-VI, p. 2378, § 56; and Wille v Liechtenstein, cited above, § 62).
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