Areas of work

Ombudsman asks Commission to deal urgently with systemic delays in processing public access to documents requests

The Ombudsman has asked the Commission to deal urgently with the systemic delays in its handling of access to document requests, noting that a fundamental rethink is needed so that deadlines set out in the EU transparency regulation are adhered to.

Ombudsman opens inquiry into how EU staff recruitment test was carried out

The Ombudsman has opened an inquiry into how the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) carried out ‘pre-selection’ tests as part of a procedure to recruit new staff into the EU civil service.

Ombudsman asks for more details of Parliament’s proposed ethics reforms

The Ombudsman has written to the President of the European Parliament with a series of questions designed to aid the Parliament’s reflections on improving its ethics and transparency framework.

The questions follow the Ombudsman’s analysis of the 14-point draft proposals presented by President Metsola to the Conference of Presidents on 8 February and relate to areas the Ombudsman considers need greater clarity or further explanation.