# a) Alleged lack of independence of the EIB’s monitoring of a project it had financed, and (b) handling of the complainant’s complaints by the EIB’s Complaints Mechanism - Author: European Ombudsman - Date: 2019-03-29T10:00+01:00[Europe/Paris] - [URL](https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/case/en/49391) --- a) Alleged lack of independence of the EIB's monitoring of a project it had financed b) handling of the complainant's complaints by the EIB's Complaints Mechanism