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Follow-up to the suggestion in the above-mentioned inquiry on the European Parliament’s refusal to give public access to a document containing the investments made by the Voluntary Pension Fund for MEPs
Korespondenca - Datum Torek | 03 oktober 2023
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President European Parliament |
Dear President,
I take note of your letter of 30 August 2023, in which you informed me about the European Parliament’s response to my suggestion in the above case.
It is regrettable that the European Parliament rejected my suggestion to provide the complainant with a list of the individual investments made by the Voluntary Pension Fund. In doing so, the Parliament referred to its legal obligations under Regulation 1049/2001.
As you know, good administration goes beyond legal obligations, and while Regulation 1049/2001 does not oblige EU institutions to create ‘new’ documents, it does not prevent them from providing applicants with the requested information. In this case, there is a clear public interest in knowing what investments are made by the Voluntary Pension Fund and whether those investments are made in accordance with the values and objectives to which the Union subscribes. It is thus unfortunate that Parliament did not engage with my proposal to provide the complainant with the requested information.
Yours sincerely,
Emily O'Reilly
European Ombudsman
Strasbourg, 03/10/2023