Areas of work
The European Ombudsman’s work covers a broad spectrum of issues. Her work is organised on the website under the following general categories:
Top cases
News
Tuesday | 13 December 2022
The Ombudsman has asked the Commission for information on how it ensures that experts evaluating proposed projects under the European Defence Fund (EDF) do not have conflicts of interest.
News
Thursday | 01 December 2022
The Ombudsman has urged the Commission to treat access to document requests concerning EU recovery funds with greater consistency and to better explain its reasoning if it decides not release the asked-for information.
News
Thursday | 17 November 2022
Ombudsman O’Reilly has welcomed the Commission’s constructive response to her inquiry on how it handles moves by staff to the private sector.
Press release
Thursday | 14 July 2022
The Ombudsman inquiry into the Commission’s handling of a request for text messages between its President and the CEO of a pharmaceutical company is a wake-up call for all EU institutions about ensuring accountability in an era of instant messaging.
One year after the initial request by a journalist, the Commission has still not clarified whether messages reported to concern major vaccine procurement deals exist and whether the public is entitled to see them.