Topics of strategic work in 2020

Strategic inquiries

• How the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) deals with complaints about alleged fundamental rights breaches through its ‘Complaints Mechanism’
• Transparency of the Council of the EU during the COVID-19 crisis
• How the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control gathered and assessed information during the COVID-19 crisis

Strategic initiatives (requests for clarification, not formal inquiries)

• Transparency of the European Commission’s role in the EU response to the COVID-19 crisis
• Transparency of the European Investment Bank’s measures in response to the COVID-19 crisis
• The role of the European Medicines Agency and its ‘pandemic task force’ during the COVID-19 crisis
• Transparency of the EU response to the COVID-19 crisis
• The use of official EU languages by the EU administration
• How the European Commission accommodates the needs of staff members with disabilities in the context of the COVID-19 crisis