# Looking Back - The impact of the European Ombudsman in 2020 - Author: European Ombudsman - Date: 2021-05-18T00:00+02:00[Europe/Paris] - [URL](https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/doc/annual-report/en/141883) --- The core work of the **European Ombudsman** is to help people, businesses and organisations that face problems with the EU's administration by dealing with the complaints they submit. Read [here our web story](https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/webpub/annual-report/2020/executive-summary/en/index.html) highlighting the most relevant cases in 2020, and the impact of our work.