His intervention shortly after that of I.M. was akin to one “made in the course of an oral exchange and not in writing, after careful consideration” (see Fuentes Bobo v.

Turkey , no. 35071/97, § 49, ECHR 2003 ‑ XI   ; and Fuentes Bobo v.   Spain , no. 39293/98, § 46, 29 February 2000).

that that Article is not only binding in the relations between an employer and an employee when those relations are governed by public law but may also apply when they are governed by private law (see Fuentes

exercise of the freedom of expression does not depend merely on the State’s duty not to interfere, but may require positive measures of protection, even in the sphere of relations between individuals see Fuentes

  Germany , judgment of 26 September 1995, Series A no. 323, pp. 22 ‑ 23, §§   43 ‑ 44; Wille , cited above, §§ 40 ‑ 51; Fuentes Bobo v. Spain , no.

  Fuertes Iglesias, lawyers practising in Zaragoza. A.     The circumstances of the case 2.

Fuertes Suárez , Ministry of Justice,   Counsel ; - for the Commission   Mr M.P. Pellonpää ,   Delegate ; - for the applicants   Mr M. García Montes , abogado,   Mr S.