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Ombudsman calls for transparency in Parliament's ethics reform process

The Ombudsman has welcomed draft proposals by the President of the European Parliament on reforming the Parliament’s ethics rules as a step in the right direction, calling for transparency in the process and the next steps.

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Seminar report: the evolving role of the European Ombudsman

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Ombudsman welcomes Commission's constructive response to GDPR inquiry findings

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Ombudsman launches guide on access to EU documents

Emily O'Reilly

The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly

Emily O’Reilly has served as European Ombudsman since 2013. O’Reilly and her team help people, organisations, and businesses by investigating administrative complaints and by looking into broader systemic issues at the EU level. The Ombudsman’s suggestions and recommendations help maintain high accountability and transparency standards in the EU institutions.

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What we do


The European Ombudsman works to promote good administration at EU level. The Ombudsman investigates complaints about maladministration by EU institutions and bodies, and also proactively looks into broader systemic issues.

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Inquiry updates

Wednesday | 01 February 2023

The European Defence Agency's (EDA) refusal to give public access to the minutes of meetings of its 'expert groups'

Inquiry 1272/2022/KR - Latest document added: Decision

Tuesday | 31 January 2023

The European Commission’s refusal to give full public access to documents related to the German plan under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)

Inquiry 137/2023/SF - Latest document added: Case description

Monday | 30 January 2023

How the European Commission responded to concerns that it collects insufficient information about Ireland's implementation of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Inquiry 97/2022/PB - Latest document added: Correspondence

Monday | 30 January 2023

Improving the European Parliament’s ethics and transparency framework

Inquiry SI/1/2023/MIK - Latest document added: Case description

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Areas of work

The European Ombudsman promotes good administration.
We mostly deal with the following issues: